Abstract: To advance tunnelling technology development and ensure a smooth transition to intelligent construction, this paper reviews the development of intelligent construction technology for drill and blast tunnelling. Firstly, it provides an overview of the development history of drill and blast tunnelling in China from a macro perspective and analyzes the development trends of drill and blast tunnelling. Secondly, based on intelligent expression, intelligent analysis, and intelligent management across all construction processes, an overall intelligent construction system is proposed, covering the entire process of "collection and transmission - extraction and processing - modeling and expression - application and analysis - control and management". This system offers a new approach for intelligent construction of drill and blast tunnelling, and its core content and research progress are systematically described.Finally, the key challenges faced by intelligent construction in drill and blast tunnelling are pointed out, and the future development of intelligent construction technology for drill and blast tunnelling is forecasted.