Abstract: Based on the rapid development situation of domestic long-distance natural gas pipelines, the necessity to carry out digitization construction of pipelines in current stage and future is described. The paper provides public understanding to pipeline digitization, analyzes construction actualities in digital pipelines and development tendency at home and abroad, and enumerates technical performances in pipeline digitization and problems existed.It is considered that lacking of construction consciousness and poor data resources are major problems in restricting the construction of digital pipeline in China.Solutions to the problems and target in constructing digital pipeline are put forward.