More than 3,000 representatives from more than 80 countries and regions will attend the 15th World Petroleum Congress in Beijing. They will discuss new petroleum science and technology achievements, as well as the opportunities and challenges facing the petroleum industry in the next century. This meeting will promote international exchange and cooperation in petroleum science and technology thereby helping the world petroleum industry develop more quickly. As technology and globalization lead the petroleum industry into the 21st century, China’s petroleum science and technology also will enter the new century with a new look. More than 3,000 representatives from more than 80 countries and regions will attend the 15th World Petroleum Congress in Beijing. They will discuss new petroleum science and technology achievements, as well as the opportunities and challenges facing the petroleum industry in the next century. This meeting will promote international exchange and cooperation in petroleum science and technology thereby helping the world petroleum industry develop more quickly. As technology and globalization lead the petroleum industry into the 21st century, China’s petroleum science and technology also will enter the new century with a new look.