On Dec. 7, an academic symposium on the research progress of natural gas hydrate was held in Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion.
　 During the symposium, four distinguished speakers were invited to give an academic lecture, separately. Four speakers are Pro. Shengxion Yang, a chief engineer from Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey; Pro. Xiaosen Li, a chief scientist from Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion; Pro. Youhai Zhu, from Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, and Qingping Li, chief engineer, from research center of China National Offshore Oil Corporation. Corresponding titles of the presentations are “seismic reflection characteristics and distribution mode of natural gas hydrate in northern south china sea”; “evaluation of gas production potential from marine gas hydrate deposits in the Shenhu Area of the South China Sea”; “discover of natural gas hydrate in the permafrost region of Qilian mountain, Qinghai province”; and “research progress on exploitation simulation technology of natural gas hydrate”.
　 More than 100 people attended the symposium, including leaders、researches and students who are mainly from Chinese Academic of Sciences、Ministry of Land and Resource、some universities、and China National Offshore Oil Corporation.