This book is carefully compiled for the positioning of the "Introduction" course. It uses rich facts and data to explain the important role of civil engineering as a large-scale discipline and industry in the development of China, allowing students to realize that the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is inseparable from civil engineering. The book has 10 chapters in total, covering the status and role of civil engineering in the national economy, the subject advantages and human resource development of civil engineering, housing construction and special structures, transportation engineering, water conservancy engineering, disaster prevention and reduction, underground engineering, energy engineering, modern high-tech engineering, history, development and future. This book can be used as a teaching material for the "Introduction to Civil Engineering" course in civil engineering majors in colleges and universities. It can be studied by students majoring in civil engineering in colleges and universities, and can also be used as a reference by practitioners in the civil engineering industry.
