A service chain management method, system and device are disclosed. The system comprises a service arrangement device for generating a service chain mapping table and sending the service chain mapping table to a policy control device, wherein the service chain mapping table comprises service chain identifications and corresponding service chain condition features; the policy control device for searching for a corresponding service chain identification in the service chain mapping table according to the service chain condition features of user equipment and generating a policy rule table and/or a service detection rule table of the user equipment, wherein the policy rule table and/or the service detection rule table comprises service chain identification operation information; and a policy execution device for receiving a message and executing a policy rule and/or a service detection rule for the received message according to the policy rule table and/or the service detection rule table.