Knowledge Innovation Program of geographical science is significant part of the whole program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. During the initial stage and the allround implementation stage of the Knowledge Innovation Program, through headway of structural reorganization at the institute level and readjustment of its disciplinary layout, startup and implementation of important research projects, and enhancement of disciplinesupporting system construction, substantial progress has been made in the advancement of geographic theory and technology, development of research group, etc. Thus sustainability of geographical institutes of CAS has been enhanced. In this paper, development trends in geographical research and geographic knowledge innovation program of CAS in the next period are also analysed.