Mr Chen Shupeng, a famous Chinese geographer, remote sensing scientist, and geographic information system scientist, is the banner of modern cartography, remote sensing and Earth information science in China. Mr. Chen adhered to a scientific spirit of being down-to-earth, pioneering and brave. His spirit has influenced generations of scientists and students. Landform is the main element of Earth surface. The subject of geomorphology is to study the characteristics of Earth surface morphology and Earth surface processes. As the main element of Earth surface, landform types and cartography have been heated research topics in a long term in geography and other related disciplines. Researches related to geomorphologic cartography can provide basic and useful data for national economic construction. In commemoration of the 100 ^th anniversary of Mr. Chen's birth, we reviewed his enormous contribution in geomorphologic cartography in China, such as the topographic mapping based on bird's-eye view, the classification of landform types in Tengchong using remote sensing, and the large-scale landscape mapping in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain. Meanwhile, Mr. Chen firstly put forward the idea of using geographic information to study geoscientific issues. The development of Geo-info-TUPU was resulted from the organic integration of number, shape and philosophy. Through review, the development history of modern geomorphologic cartography in China was summarized, as well as the compilation of the geomorphologic type map and the geomorphologic regionalization map. To date, Chinese researchers have made great progress in application of geomorphologic regionalization theory and methodology, e.g., the publication of Geomorphological Atlas of People's Republic of China. By reviewing the development of modern geomorphological cartography, we will continue to explore new areas, including refining regional topography, refining China's geomorphologic types and geomorphologic regionalization, mapping global geomorphologic types and regionalization, mapping planetary topography, numerical simulation of geomorphologic processes, and etc. We will carry forward the achievements made by Mr. Chen and devote ourselves to future development of geomorphologic cartography.