The invention belongs to the field of medicine and gene engineering, and provides a composition for inhibiting the proliferation of tumor cells. The composition contains epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and daunorubicin (DNR), and the mass ratio of the epigallocatechin gallate to the daunorubicin is 600: 1-1: 2. The combination of the EGCG and the DNR, on one hand, ensures that the effect of inhibiting the proliferation of the tumor cells is more obvious than the superposition of single use effects, on the other hand, the combination of the EGCG and the DNR obviously reduces the using amount of the DNR, greatly reduces the cardiac toxicity of the DNR, and strengthens the anti-tumor effect of the DNR at the same time. The EGCG is a natural tea extract, has rich resource and low price, and almost has no toxic side effect after more than one thousand years of drinking, so the combination of the EGCG and the DNR relatively reduces the using amount of the DNR and drug cost. The invention provides a high-efficiency cheap anti-tumor pharmaceutical composition, which improves the inhibition rate of tumor and reduces the treatment cost of tumor patients at the same time.