20世纪，高速磁悬浮列车的发展令人瞩目，高速磁悬浮列车技术已成熟到可建造实用运营线的程度，从而使人类地面客运的速度可望在21世纪中前期达到550km/h的新水平。文章简要叙述了高速磁悬浮列车的发展、特点与优势，它主要适用于长距离、大城市间、大流量的客运。从我国的国情与未来需求出发，指出它最适合于我国高速客运专线网的发展，就京沪高速铁路而言，也比高速轮轨列车有着明显的优越性，发展高速磁悬浮列车体系是当务之急，并对当前应抓紧试验运营线的建设等工作提出了建议。

The development, main features and advantages of the high-speed magnetically levitated train are shortly described. It is particularly suitable for the development of the future high-speed passenger transportation network in China. Some suggestions to develop high-speed magnetically levitated train technology in China are presented.