this paper is a survey on multimedia researches and applications in China
2001. Since multimedia is a cross research area
papers about multimedia technology are distributed on various journals. We saw about 2 472 papers published on 9 Chinese journals in 2001
from which we selected 394 ones on multimedia technology and application
then we made analyses on them
and the classified data were compared with that of 1998
1999 and 2000. Looking into the data we can see that researchers in China pay more and more attention at digital watermarking
virtual reality
multimodal interface
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
2001. This will be convenient for researchers looking up references
and helpful for editors compiling journals and for authors contributing papers.