The resource science research is an important basic building block of the civilization development of society. The evolution of the man-resource relationship has experienced three stages:the period of the worship of nature,the period of selfish departmentalism and technique revolution, and the period of the modern coordinative development. The real resource science research was initiated in the early 20th centry. As the three great pillars of the resource science research,resource geography,resource ecology and resource economics have developed quickly. The resource science research in recent 20-30 years indicates that the modern resource science has three tendencies.(1) Strategical researches on the dynamic prediction. the areal developmental model and the relationship between the resource supply and actual requirement are becoming more active;(2)Managerial researches based on the rational utilization of resources are becoming a hot feild of resource science ; (3)The researches proceed from qualitive analysis to quantitative analysis and modeling.