报告文学观念是一定时期内人们对报告文学性质、审美特征的趋同性认识，它是这些时期人们的审美趣味、思维方法、文体追求以及社会风习、哲学思潮、生存方式等多种元素互动整合的结果。报告文学观念的确立与嬗变决定性地影响着我国现当代各时期的报告文学创作，使之呈现出不同的面貌。本文拟对中国现当代报告文学观念的确立与嬗变进行简要归纳与理论梳理，以期把握报告文学发展的脉络，检讨中国报告文学观念与理论的得失 The concept of reportage is the cognition of the convergence of nature and aesthetic characteristics of reportage in a certain period. It is the interaction of people’s aesthetic taste, thinking method, style pursuit and social interaction, philosophic thoughts and way of life in these periods the result of. The establishment and evolution of the concept of reportage have a decisive influence on the reportage writing in all periods in our country and in the contemporary era, presenting a different look. This paper intends to summarize and analyze the establishment and evolution of the notion of modern and contemporary Chinese reportage in order to grasp the context of the development of reportage and to review the pros and cons of the concept and theory of reportage in China