Land is the material basis for human survival. With the rapid development of human society, the demand for land is higher and higher, and the subject of land engineering is born. In order to understand the development status of land engineering, this paper expounds the basic situation of the current land engineering science and technology work from the development of land engineering industry, the status quo of scientific and technological achievements and the status quo of scientific and technological workers, and appeals for more land engineering science and technology workers to give play to their innovative ability, solve land problems, and provide high‐quality and sustainable land resources for social and economic development.