Abstract:Since its establishment, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has attached great importance to scientific research in the fields of geography and natural resources. Under the leadership of the CAS for 75 years, the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), CAS has adhered to its fundamental mission: Promoting scientific disciplines with national needs, serving the development of the country. The institute always focuses on solving major public scientific and technological issues in the field of resources and environment that are related to the overall situation of the country and long-term development, and strives to build a strategic scientific and technological force for resource and environmental research that serves, promotes, and supports regional sustainable development in China. The development process of the institute is the exploration of the natural environment on the surface, insight into regional human land relations, comprehensive scientific investigations, development of ecosystem monitoring networks, promotion of geographic information science, and support for the construction of a Beautiful China. It is also the process of generations of geographic and natural resource scientists adhering to their original aspirations, advancing with science innovation and motherland development.