Abstract:In the last thirty years or more, the theory and methods, technology and software, applications and information service in the area of Geographical Information System (GIS) in China have been greatly progressed. Domestic software system has gone into the stage of mature, and is stepping into the international market. The applications have been extended into the areas such as economics and social sciences, population and health, public security, and natural disaster reduction besides the traditional areas such as natural resources utilization, environmental protection, and facility management. Web-map is being widely used by publics in their daily life, which greatly promotes the developments of geographical information industries. In the near future, GIS will go forward into the era of new geographical information by taking advantage of the developments of mobile internet, cloud computation, and smart earth. Innovating geographical knowledge and sharing geographical value will be the times current.