Abstract： Objective： To observe the effect of the cognitive behavioral therapy combined with acupuncture on the cognitive and social functions of patients with schizophrenia at remission stage. Methods： A total of 84 patients with schizophrenia at remission stage were divided into the control group and the observation group by random number table method， 42 patients in each group. The control group was treated with cognitive behavioral therapy， and the observation group was treated with the cognitive behavioral therapy combined with acupuncture. With Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia(BACS)， including the Category Fluency(CF)， the Symbol Coding(SC)， the Digital Sequence(DS)， the Token Movement(TM)， the Verbal Memory(VM)， the Word Fluency(WF) and the Tower of London(TOL)]， and Scale of Social Function in Psychosis Inpatients(SSPI)， including the Activities of Daily Living(ADL)， the Activity and Communication(A&C) and the Social Ability(SA)，the changes of cognitive function and social function were evaluated in the two groups before and after treatment. Results：Before treatment，there was no significant difference in the comparison of the scores of CF，SC， DS，TM，VM，WF and TOL between the two groups(P＞0.05)，and the above scores in each group after treatment were significantly increased when compared with those before treatment(P＜0.05)； the above scores in the observation group were higher than those in the control group(P＜0.05). The scores of ADL，A&C and SA as well as the total SSPI score in both groups were significantly increased when compared with those before treatment(P＜0.05)， and the above scores in the observation group were higher than those in the control group(P＜0.05). Conclusion：Cognitive behavioral therapy combined with acupuncture has a good effect on the improvement of cognitive function and social function in patients with schizophrenia at remission stage.