Development of remote sensing technique has strongly related with the studies of spectral features of ground objects.The developments of spectral remote sensing technique are expatiated from the aspects of discrimination basis and technique of rocks and minerals using spectral remote sensing data.On technical methods,from three levels of imaging spectral remote sensing and multi-spectral remote sensing,as well as integration of remote sensing and airborne radioactive information,the research progress and potentiality and feasibility of discriminating rocks and minerals by use of their spectral features are analyzed