This paper describes the actuality and development of aerial surveying and remote sensing in recent years.Digital Mapping Camera,three-line CCD and airbome LIDAR are introduced,as well as some platforms such as light plane,no-man aerocraft and airborne photogrammetry system with DGPS/IMU.This paper also introduced the actuality and application of high resolution remote sensing,mircrowave remote sensing and hyperspectral remote sensing in recent years.