2008年10月25-28日,由中国无损检测学会主办的第17届世界无损检测大会暨展览会(以下简称17thWCNDT)在中国上海展览中心成功举办(图1)。本次大会创造了国内无损检测会议的空前规模。来自50多个国家和地区的技术交流会注册代表达764人,其中国外(境外)代表530人,国内代表234人;会 On October 25-28, 2008, the 17th World Nondestructive Testing Conference and Exhibition (hereinafter referred to as 17thWCNDT) hosted by China Society for Nondestructive Testing was successfully held in Shanghai China Exhibition Center (Figure 1). This conference has created an unprecedented scale of non-destructive testing conference in China. There were 764 registered technology exchange participants from more than 50 countries and regions, including 530 from overseas (overseas) and 234 from China;