As announced in Circular No.1,an International Conference on Quality andReliability in welding will be held at Hangzhou Hotel,Hangzhou,China,from 6th to8th of September,1984 (please see the details in Circular No.2 of the conference,which has been distributed to the people who are interest in ).During the conference a scientific and technical programme will be arranged whichwill consist of two parts.Plenary Session and Technical Sessions.Special lectures will bedelivered at plenary session by invited speakers from various countries.They are:1).Contribution to the Quality of welded Constructionby Dr.M.Evrard (France)2).A Dominant Factor for the Increase of Productivity and Quality in IndustrialFabricationby Dr.-Ing J.Mermen (F.R.G.)3).Design of welded HT Steel Ship Structuresby Prof.Y.Fujita (Japan)4).Quality Assurance and the Fitness-for-Purpose Conceptby Dr.A.A.Wells (U.K.)5).Investigation of Hydrogen-Induced Cracking in FCA Welds on HY-80 Steelby Prof.E.F.Nippes (U.S.A.)6).Electroslag Welding of Large-Tonnage Billets in Power Engineering Industryby Dr.B.E.Paton and Dr.B.I.Medovar (USSR)7).Arc Welding Control in Chinaby Prof.Pan Jiluan/J.L.Pan (China)In addtion,all the participants from China and abroad will be divided into groupsat 4 sessions.More than one hundred papers will be presented by authers at these sessionsor displayed at the paster session.The organizing Committee warmly invites specialists and engineers in the field ofwelding industries to participate in this event. As announced in Circular No.1,an International Conference on Quality andReliability in welding will be held at Hangzhou Hotel,Hangzhou,China,from 6th to8th of September,1984 (please see the details in Circular No.2 of the conference, which has Has distributed to the people who are interest in ). during the conference a scientific and technical programme will be posing which will consist of two parts.Plenary Session and Technical Sessions.Special lectures will bedelivered at plenary session by noting speakers from various countries.They are :1).Contribution to the Quality of welded Constructionby Dr.M.Evrard (France)2).A Dominant Factor for the Increase of Productivity and Quality in IndustrialFabrication by Dr.-Ing J.Mermen (FRG)3).Design of welded HT Steel Ship Structures by Prof.Y.Fujita (Japan)4).Quality Assurance and the Fitness-for-Purpose Conceptby Dr.AAWells (UK)5).Investigation of Hydrogen-Induced Cracking in FCA Welds on HY-80 Steelby Prof .EFNippes (USA)6).Electrosla g Welding of Large-Tonnage Billets in Power Engineering Industryby Dr.BEPaton and Dr.BIMedovar (USSR)7).Arc Welding Control in Chinaby Prof.Pan Jiluan/JLPan (China)In addtion, all the participants from China and Overseas will be divided into groupsat 4 sessions.More than one hundred papers will be presented by authers at these sessionsor displayed at the paster session.The organizing Committee warmly invites specialists and engineers in the field ofwelding industries to participate in this event.