第1届中日机械技术史国际学术会议于1998年10月12～14日在北京航空航天大学召开。会议由中国机械工程学会、北京航空航天大学主办，由中国科学院自然科学史研究所、国家自然科学基金委员会、西北农业大学、日本机械学会、日本技术史教育学会协办。80余名中国作者提交了79篇论文 The 1st China-Japan International Conference on the History of Mechanical Technology was held at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics from October 12 to October 14, 1998. The conference was sponsored by China Mechanical Engineering Society and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It was co-organized by Institute of History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Northwestern Agricultural University, Japan Society of Machinery, and Japan Society of Technology History Education. More than 80 Chinese authors submitted 79 papers