In order to analyze the effect of rain-shelter cultivation on the quality and photosynthetic characteristics of jujube, taken ‘LifuGongzao’ as the test material and open-field cultivation as the control, the environment factors, photosynthetic indexes, chlorophyll content and fruit quality were investigated. As results, as compared with the open-field cultivation, in the condition of rain-shelter, light intensity(PAR) and photosynthetic rate(P_n) were significantly decreased, the content of chlorophyll was increased, while the ratio of Chla/Chlb was lower. In the rain-shelter conditions, the fruits had better color, and the total soluble sugar was 10% higher than that in the open-field, but the longitudinal diameter and traverse diameter of fruits and single fruit mass were obviously reduced; the fruit cracking rate was below 5%, while which was 50% - 60% cultivated in the open-field. In conclusion, the results suggested that rain-shelter cultivation could increase the quality of fruits and reduced the fruit cracking rate.