Abstract: For the issue of flaking of the hot-dip galvanizing coating during drawing, the microcosmic characteristics of the coatings have been analyzed and experiments have been done to investigate the influence of coating thickness, Al content and steel substrate strength on its flaking-resistance.The results show that the fact of flaking is that the coating partially flaked off at the position far away from interface of steel substrate and coating, and not entirely flaked off from steel substrate because of poor adhesion.The flaking resistance of coating decreases with the increase of coating thickness and steel substrate yield to strength ratio, and increases with the increase of Al content in coating at the same experimental conditions.