Because the modified remote user authentication scheme proposed by Shen, Lin and Hwang is insecure, the Shen-Lin-Hwang' s scheme is improved and a new secure remote user authentication scheme based on the bi- linear parings is proposed. Moreover, the effectiveness of the new scheme is analyzed, and it is proved that the new scheme can prevent from all kinds of known attack. The one-way hash function is effective in the new scheme. The new scheme is proved that it has high effectiveness and fast convergence speed. Moreover, the ap- plication of the new scheme is easy and operational.