Exploration Engineering started publication in October 1957, which experienced 2 times of publication ceasing and resuming, periodical title changing and several times of sponsors changing in these 60 years. For all that, due to the longterm efforts and insistence of all the previous editors committees and editorial staffs, Exploration Engineering walks up to the present with extraordinary paces. While writing down the brilliant 60 years history, Exploration Engineering has become a great works with the development history record of exploration engineering technology in China presenting in front of us. Nowadays, the impacts from subject adjusting, evaluation system, emerging media and fund source have been bringing new challenges. Looking forward to the future, Exploration Engineering will continually adhere to the publication aims of focusing on practicality, combining theory with practice and learning advanced foreign experiences, and continually to be faithful recorders of the technical development of exploration engineering and rock & soil drilling and tunneling.