The 4th China International Explosion Protection Electric
　　 Technology & Equipment Exhibition(Expec)opens with a bang
　　　　　 on April 3,2007 at the Beijing Exhibition Centre

Honored Guests; ladies & Gentlemen,

　　Good morning!

　　On such a beautiful day, we get together with full pleasure to welcome the 7th China International Petroleum & Petrochemical Technology and Equipment Exhibition, the 4th China International Offshore Oil & Gas Exhibition, the 7th China International Exhibition on Equipment of Pipeline and Oil & Gas Storage and Transportation and the 4th China International Explosion Protection Electric Technology & Equipment Exhibition, which are co-sponsored by China Petroleum and Petro-chemical Equipment Industry Association, CCPIT Sub-council of Chemical Industry, Oil Storage & Transportation Office of China Oil Society, China Oil & Gas Pipeline Transportation Union, Explosion-proof Electrical Apparatus Branch of Electrical Equipment Industrial Association of China, Sub-council for Safety Committee of China Coal Society and Beijing Zhenwei Exhibition Co., Ltd. On behalf of cippe2007 sponsors, it is my honor and privilege to declare cippe2007 officially open now. Also, I wish to take this good opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude and warmest welcome to all distinguished guests and Chinese as well as foreign friends present today who are attentive to the petrochemical industry of China.

　　Cippe2007 is hold under the situation that the construction of new large-scale petrochemical projects is entering its high tide in China, even all over the world, therefore, it obtains earnest attention from domestic and foreign enterprises related to petrochemical industry. With 31,000 square meters exhibit area, cippe2007 gets large participation by 11 international pavilions from US, Germany, Russia, France, England, Italy, Japan, Denmark, Holland, Iran and Singapore as well as 629 international well-known enterprises from more than 33 countries and regions, including 26 World 500 Strong Enterprises. Its exhibits cover the following several fields such as petroleum and petrochemical technology, automatic instruments and meters, petroleum pipeline, explosion-proof industry, power equipment and so on. The successful holding of cippe2007 will certainly positively impulse the further introduction and understanding of world's advanced technology as well as technical equipment and strengthen the international economical and technological exchange as well as cooperation. Cippe has already become the biggest petroleum and petrochemical exhibition in Asia and successfully entered into the rank of World 5 top-class Oil & Gas Exhibitions.

　　Cippe gets strong support from medias of petroleum industry from home and abroad as well as the following units such as China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association, China Machinery Industry Federation, CNPC，SINOPEC，China National Offshore Oil Corp., the United States Embassy in China, the British Embassy in China, the Germany Embassy in China, the France Embassy in China, the Italy Embassy in China, the Denmark Embassy in China and so on. Again, please allow me to express my warmest welcome to all of you! Plus, it gives me great pleasure to denounce that cippe2008 will be continuously hold in Beijing on April 7th- 9th and we sincerely invite all domestic and overseas friends and enterprises from petroleum and petrochemical industry participate in cippe2008 actively.

　　At last, I would like to extend congratulations to the success and consummation of cippe2007!

　　Thank you!