As an independent scientific system, the geoscience has experienced the transformation from the geography to the meaningful geoscience. The transformation of its research paradigm is reflected in three aspects: the integration of the whole scientific field and the intersection of the natural science, the social science, the humanity science, the management science, the technical science, the engineering science; the coupling integration and the system simulation of multi-source data of geoelements; the whole chain from the basic research to the applied research. The core of the basic research of the geoscience is the geosystem, which is composed of the geoelements, the geospace and the human-natural system with its unique system structure and functions, including the earth surface system, the land use system, the human activity system and the humannatural coupling systems. The core of the applied research of the geoscience is the geogovernance. Geogovernance is an important part of the national governance system and at present is mainly reflected in the land and space governance in the national governance system, including the general survey of the geoconditions and the geoevaluation, the geoplanning and the geodesign, the geosimulation, the geoengineering, the geomonitoring and the geowarning. The theory, the method and the technology systems should be innovated by Chinesescholars to make a greater contribution to the global sustainable development.

geosystems  /  human and natural coupling  /  geogovernance