The non-fluorinated halide scintillation crystals are divided into AX, MX, RX3, AMX3, A2MX4, A4MX6, AM2X5, ARX4, A2RX5, A2A′RX6, A3RX6, A2TX6 and so on according to the chemical composition characteristics, where A, M, R and T represent metal elements with the valence of +1, +2, +3 and +4, respectively; X for halogen elements except fluorine, and A′ for +1 valent metal element different from A. The non-fluorinated halide scintillation crystals with light output of more than 40 000 ph/MeV for γ-ray detection, and those of more than 20 000 ph/MeV for both thermal neutron and γ-ray detection are emphatically introduced, and their research status and development trend are briefly reviewed.