第五届东南亚西太平洋地区药理学会议于1988年7月4～8日在北京举行。这是中国药理学会主办的第一次大型国际学术会议。参加会议的有东南亚西太平洋地区各国及邀请来自英、联邦德国、法国、匈牙利等共30个国家的990名代表(内有国外代表290人),收到论文997篇。大会邀请中外17位专家作专题报告;举行33场专题讨论会由170位专家作中心发言;另有 The Fifth Southeast Asia Pacific Regional Pharmacology Conference was held in Beijing on July 4-8, 1988. This is the first major international academic conference hosted by the Chinese Society of Pharmacology. 990 delegates from 30 countries including the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Hungary and other countries (290 with foreign delegates) were invited to the conference and 997 papers were received from all countries in the western Pacific region of Southeast Asia. The conference invited 17 experts from both China and foreign countries to make special reports; held 33 symposiums to speak with 170 experts;