With the development of air transportations,detail-optimized designs of advanced aircrafts demand aerodynamic data under the flight Reynolds number conditions.Large-scale cry-ogenic wind tunnels,such as ETW and NTF,are the best ground testing facilities to obtain air-craft flow characteristics in the real flight conditions.To facilitate the development of large-scale high Reynolds number wind tunnels,the achieving means and types are summarized,the current developing status is discussed,the key technologies and solutions are analyzed in depth for design methodologies and construction concerns.Finally,the future designs and constructions of large-scale continuous cryogenic wind tunnel in China are prospected.