Abstract: The use of agricultural plastic greenhouse is very important for agricultural production, but if it is improperly used, it will have adverse effects on agricultural production and ecological environment．Therefore, using remote sensing technology to monitor quantity and scale of agricultural plastic greenhouses is of great significance for sustainable development of agriculture．Specific applications of different classification principles, remote sensing data sources and classifiers in identification of agricultural plastic greenhouses were analyzed and compared．Development prospects of remote sensing technology in the field of greenhouses identification were briefly described, with a view to providing reference for related research．