Abstract: In this report, several important issues of civil engineering are addressed. They include ① the connotation and chronological development of civil engineering; ② the large investment requirement and great challenges in the field of civil engineering; ③ the large extensibility, long cost recovery period, great profits and long service life of civil engineering projects; ④ the vast social demand and the persevering and effort-taking demand on the academic commitment of civil engineering major; ⑤ the important roles of civil engineering in disaster prevention and mitigation; ⑥ the propellant position of civil engineering in the state’s economy; ⑦ and the imperative issues in civil engineering. The development of underground spaces is also discussed at length in the report.