The invention relates to a method for detecting hydroxychloroquine sulfate. The method comprises the following steps of 1) preparation of a test sample solution, specifically, taking a hydroxychloroquine sulfate test sample, adding an acetonitrile-water mixed solution, dissolving and diluting; 2) preparation of a reference substance solution, specifically, dissolving a hydroxychloroquine sulfate reference substance in the acetonitrile-water mixed solution, and diluting; and 3) a determination method, specifically, measuring the reference substance solution and the test solution, injecting intoa high performance liquid chromatograph, recording a spectrogram, and calculating the content of the test hydroxychloroquine sulfate according to the peak area, wherein the chromatographic conditionsof the high performance liquid chromatography are as follows that octadecylsilane chemically bonded silica is used as a filler, a mobile phase is a mixed solution of a dipotassium phosphate solutionand acetonitrile in a volume ratio of 10 to 90-70 to 30, the flow rate is 0.8-1.2 ml / min, the detection wavelength is 244-264 nm, and the sample size is 5-50mu l. The method has the advantages of goodin the obtained component spike and resolution, simple in operation, high in precision, high in the recovery rate and good in the stability and repeatability.