《环境遥感》杂志更名为《遥感学报》已有25个年头，25年来中国经济社会发生了根本性的变化，中国的遥感科技也经历了从弱到强的转变过程。《遥感学报》正是这一变革的参与者、见证者和同行者。本文首先论述了自《遥感学报》更名后国内外遥感科技发展的历史背景以及国际遥感科技发展方向性的重大改变，全球变化已成为遥感的重大研究课题。文中论述了25年中国遥感科技的重大进展：中国已形成了完备的气象、海洋、环境减灾、陆地资源等国家级卫星遥感对地观测体系，与此同时，作为国家系统的重要补充，民营商业遥感卫星企业也相继建立并得到长足发展。随着遥感技术的进步，它已成为国家重要业务部门不可或缺的技术和信息支撑。中国的遥感在国家土地资源、农业、林草、水文、气象、海洋、城市、测绘、环境和灾害监测等方面的应用，无论从广度、深度和规模上成果斐然，走在了国际前列。25年，《遥感学报》也一直不断前行，她担负着促进遥感科技交流，弘扬遥感科技进步，传播遥感应用成果的重要历史使命，成为中国遥感科技成就与进步的缩影和结晶，她一直与中国遥感发展同行！

It has been 25 years since the journal of Remote Sensing of Environment was renamed as Journal of Remote Sensing（Chinese）. In the past 25 years, China's economy and society as well as science and technology have changed significantly. The remote sensing in China has also developed rapidly. The Journal of Remote Sensing （Chinese）have participated, witnessed and been a peer of this time of change.Firstly, the paper discusses the historical background of the development of remote sensing in China and abroad. In the world the strategy for development of remote sensing was changed from the resources exploration to the environmental study and the global change has become a major topic. In the paper the major progress of remote sensing in China is discussed. In the past 25 years since the journal renamed the state-level satellite system of the earth observation has been established in areas of meteorology, ocean, environmental∕disaster reduction and land resources, etc. At the same time, as an important supplement for the national system the private remote sensing satellite companies have also been built and developed.With the progress of remote sensing technology and system, it has provided an indispensable technical and information support for important governmental department business. The application of remote sensing in land resources, agriculture, forestry, hydrology, meteorology, ocean, city, surveying and mapping, environment and disaster monitoring has obtained a great achievement. The remote sensing applications have been in the forefront of the world with regards of breadth, depth and scale.For 25 years, the Journal of Remote Sensing（Chinese） has always been the process of improving. It has taken the important historical responsibilities of promoting the technical exchange, propagating the science and technical progress, and disseminating the achievement of remote sensing applications. The Journal of Remote Sensing（Chinese）, as an epitome and the fruit of remote sensing development and achievement, always progresses together with the development of remote sensing in China.