On the basis of mote than230 English and Russian papers or monographsissued in the last 30 years as well as nearly 50 Chinese articles published overthe past 10 years on the inversed problem in g avity and magnetic explora-tion, combined with his practice in the study of the inversed problem, the all-thor expounds the inversed methods in gravity and magnetic exploration cur-rently used both at home and abroad, briefs the readers about the researchsituation in China and foreign countries, and makes a detailed review on achi-evements gained in China in comparison with the research levels abroad.Final-ly, suggestions are put forward concerning some subjects which are worthnoticing in future research work.