Modern Tunnelling Technology (formerly known as Translation Series on Tunnelling and World Tunnelling) was founded in 1964, is a peer-reviewed bimonthly journal (ISSN1009-6582/ CN51-600/U). It is a science and technology journal circulated to the public domestically and internationally. Supervised by China Railway Engineering Group Limited, it is co-published by China Railway Southwest Research Institute Co., Ltd. and the Tunnel and Underground Works Branch of China Civil Engineering Society. It is the official journal of the Tunnel and Underground Works Branch of China Civil Engineering Society. It is the national Chinese core journal, the Chinese science and technology core journal, the CSCD core journal, and the RCCSE academic core journal. The Journal is indexed or abstracted by internationally well-known databases, such as the SCOPUS, JST, CSCD(Chinese Science Citation Database), CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), Wanfangdata, and CQVIP, etc. It was awarded the prize of Excellent Sci-tech Achievement by the Ministry of Railways, and the second prize of Excellent Services for Sci-tech Intelligence of the Ministry of Railways in China.

The report topics of the Journal cover the new theories, new technologies, new materials, and new equipment, etc. in terms of research, design, construction, operation and maintenance in tunnels and underground engineering. Its columns cover reviews, theoretical research, numerical simulation, low carbon and green construction, digital transformation; construction methods, construction technologies, construction machinery and materials, safety and disaster prevention, etc.