this paper is a survey on multimedia researches and applications in China
2000. Since multimedia is a cross research area
papers about multimedia technology are distributed on various journals. We saw about 4 633 papers published on 14 Chinese journals in 2000
from which we selected 521 ones on multimedia technology and application
then we made analysis on them
and the classified data were compared with which of 1998 and 1999. Looking into the data we can see that researchers in China pay more and more attention to human computer interaction
multimodal interface
digital watermarking
virtual reality
multimedia data retrieval technology
distributed multimedia supporting technology
GIS and Digital Earth
which are also the international evolution trends in a quite long period. We present here an overview on the progress in multimedia technology in China
2000. This will be convenient for researchers looking up references
and helpful for editors compiling journals and for authors contributing papers.