Abstract: Engineering blasting has gradually developed into an independent and systematic research field.However,there are some bottleneck problems at present,such as lack of fundamental breakthrough in blasting theories,difficulties to collect blasting multiple heterogeneous information,lack of effective technologies for blasting surroundings perception,deficiency of blasting operations accuracy,and lack of unified data interaction and information processing mechanism.These problems hindered the development of blasting technologies to the direction of "precision control".In recent years,the concept of informatization has gained increased attention.In addition,the new generation of information technologies such as 5G,artificial intelligence(AI),big data,and cloud computing accelerate the penetration and deep integration with various fields of economy and society.The authors propose the development direction of intelligent blasting,based on the new generation of information technology and the development trend of blasting industry in China.The historical background and new thinking model of intelligent blasting were introduced.