The invention discloses a near infrared spectrum based discrimination method for Zhongning fructus lycii. The method includes: taking a near infrared spectrometer as a detecting tool, scanning the near infrared spectrum of a fructus lycii sample, conducting distance discriminant analysis on the near infrared spectrum of the fructus lycii sample, in a spectral wavelength range of 6500-5200cm<-1>, by adopting a pretreatment method combining an original spectrum with a multiplicative scatter correction method and the original spectrum with a standard normal variate transformation method, establishing a fructus lycii production place discriminant analysis model and carrying out discriminant analysis on the production place of the fructus lycii sample. The method can reach a recognition rate up to over 90%. During operation, the fructus lycii sample has no need for any treatment. Being nondestructive, rapid and real-time, the method does not employ any reagent, has no harm to human body and environment, and can replace traditional high cost, time-consuming, and laboursome production place discrimination method, thus being a near infrared spectrum based new method for rapid discrimination of the fructus lycii production place.