In the near future, scientists have discovered that the sun is rapidly aging and expanding, and the entire solar system, including the earth, will be engulfed by the sun in a short period of time. In order to save themselves, humans have proposed a bold plan called "The Wandering Earth", which is to use the world's strength to build tens of thousands of engines and steering engines on the surface of the earth to push the earth out of the solar system and use 2,500 years to rush to another habitat. When his son Liu Qi was four years old, Chinese astronaut Liu Peiqiang (played by Wu Jing) went to the International Space Station and took on the responsibility of being a navigator with his international peers. In a blink of an eye, Liu Qi (played by Qu Chuxiao) grew up. He took his sister Duoduo (played by Zhao Jinmai) and secretly ran to the surface and stole the transport vehicle of his grandfather Han Ziang (played by Wu Mengda). As a result, he was not only arrested, but also encountered a global engine shutdown. In order to repair the engine and prevent the earth from falling into Jupiter, the world began to launch a saturation rescue, and even Liu Qi and his car were forcibly requisitioned to join. In the process of racing against time, countless people succeeded one after another, in spite of their lives, just to continue the hope of the generations of grandchildren …