Abstract: The tropospheric propagation characteristics are important factors affecting the performance of radio systems, and are the main fields of radio wave propagation research. This paper systematically reviews the research and progress made by the China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation in different directions of tropospheric radio wave propagation in the past 60 years, such as radio meteorology, radio wave propagation in terrestrial radio service and Earth-space radio service, and radio system impact assessment of radio wave propagation effects. On this basis, the prospect of radio wave propagation in the troposphere is given.