Abstract:order to evaluate the quality of six cold-resistant alfalfa strains (GNKH-1, GNKH-2, GNKH-3,Medicago sativa subsp varia,M. sativa cv. Golden Empress and M. sativa.cv.Algonguin), a comparison experiment was conducted in the year of sowing in the cold and humid area of Qinghai-Tibet plateau,and the contents of amino acids in the above-ground parts(leaves and stems)were analyzed. Result showed that the highest contents of total amino acids were observed in leaf of GNKH-2 (23.86%) as well as in stem of M. sativa subsp. varia (12.11%). Both the leaf and stem of M. sativa cv. Golden Empress contained the most essential amino acids, with each reaching 8.55% and 4.30%, respectively. The protein quality priority in leaf tended to decrease in the ordor M. sativa cv. Golden Empress>GNKH-1>GNKH-3>GNKH-2>M. sativa. cv. Algonguin>M. sativa subsp.varia and that in stem was M. sativa cv. Golden Empress>GNKH-1>GNKH-3>GNKH-2>M. sativa subsp. varia>M. sativa cv. Algonguin. Comprehensive analysis showed that the leaf and stem of GNKH-1 gave the highest protein values;GNKH-3 ranked number 1 in terms of amino acid score (AAS), reaching 32.74 in leaf and 16.24 in stem; the essential amino acids index (EAAI) in leaf of GNKH-1 (1.279 9) and M. sativa cv. Algonguin (1.280 9) exceeded that of all other tested materials;EAAI in stem of GNKH-2 (1.281 1) was only 0.52% lower than that of Algonquin (1.287 8), which presented the highest EAAI in all tested materials.