Abstract: Chinese Journal of Nature, initial name Nature Magazine, began its first issue in May, 1978. It aims unchangeably at popularizing the knowledge in natural science and improving people’s scientific accomplishment. Only the specialists in associated scientific fields were invited to write the scientific articles, which were requested using popular language and illuminated with figures to explain the profound things in a simple way. Some articles written by the famous scientists were chronological listed in this paper.

Key words: Chinese Journal of Nature, science popularization, history of science and technology