本刊讯（通讯员对新福）第七届重油及沥青砂国际会议于1998年10月27～30日在中国首都北京隆重召开。这是联合国培训研究署首次将重油及沥青砂国际会议安排在美洲以外的地区召开，说明中国已成为世界重油工业的中心之一。来自中国、美国、加拿大、委内瑞拉、墨西哥、英国、法国 Benjuxun (Correspondent for the new blessing) The Seventh Heavy Oil and Asphalt Sand Conference on October 27, 1998 to October 30 in Beijing, China held a grand. This is the first time that the United Nations Institute for Training and Research organized an international conference on heavy oil and tar sands outside the Americas to show that China has become one of the centers of the world’s heavy oil industry. From China, the United States, Canada, Venezuela, Mexico, Britain, France