2008 has witnessed the great progress of both the Chinese version and the English version of Science in China Series G: Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy. During the past year, these journals were developed from bimonthly to monthly, with an obviously raised information capacity; while speeding up the peer-revie-wing process, a quick-publication policy was established for the top articles recommended by the editorial board members and the academicians of Chinese Acedemy of Sciences (CAS), thus shortening the average publishing cycle; and several special issues were published, with the paper quality improved to a certain extent. Here, on behalf of the new editorial board 2008, I would like to express sincere thanks to the readers,authors and the former editorial board members who have made great contributions to the journal development.