RAA將是一本卓越的雜志，代表著中國乃至整個亞太地區以及其他地區天文學和天體物理學研究的快速增長。該雜志擁有杰出的編輯委員會，具有廣泛的學術資格，確保了較高的學術標準和廣泛的國際覆蓋面。RAA將是一個非商業性的期刊，所有作者不收取任何頁面費用。第一個月在RAA發表的新論文將免費供所有讀者下載。它旨在為重要的原始研究的快速傳播和交流以及天文學和天體物理學的評論提供一個論壇。該雜志歡迎來自世界各地的天文學家提交的論文。

RAA will be a journal of excellence and be representative to the rapidly growing research in astronomy and astrophysics, not only in China, but the whole Asia-Pacific region and beyond. The journal has a distinguished editorial board with extensive academic qualifications, ensuring high academic standards and a broad international coverage. RAA will be a non-commercial journal with no page charges for all the authors. New papers published for the first month in RAA will be free of downloading for all the readers. It aims to provide a forum for the rapid dissemination and communication of significant original research as well as reviews in astronomy and astrophysics. The journal welcomes submissions from astronomers world-wide.