As a kind of high quality, efficient, clean and low-carbon energy, natural gas has the strategic significance to promote energy conservation and emissions reduction, and tackle the climate change. Countries in the world look to the future development of natural gas industry, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) with the advantage of storage and transportation is promising in the future, which will gradually change the global energy trade structure.

The experts predict that, in the next 10 years, the global liquefied natural gas demand will be doubled, to 40.8 million tonnes a year, that growth in the asia-pacific region increase quickly, by about 20% a year. From the perspective, LNG resources development potential at home and abroad is huge.

From the point of the challenge of climate change, China also needs to develop the LNG industry. LNG industry in the domestic develops very fast in recent years, especially for LNG vehicle, Marine LNG in the terminal consumer market, which takes the lead, and even would lead the development of domestic LNG industry market.

It could be foreseen that, along with the application of natural gas, the domestic LNG equipment manufacturing industry is in rapid development; the equipment in the fields of LNG production and reception, transport, LPG stations integrated and water transportation gas in place of oil, including the engine, compressor, fixed and mobile storage tanks, LNG carrier and filling station, LNG vaporizer and low temperature heat exchanger, etc, will get further development; the waterborne commerce has the large potential in the LNG industry.

To better promote the development of LNG industry in China, 2014 International LNG Technology Summit will focus on the LNG industry development trends, market analysis and LNG ship, around the LNG key equipment and LNG ship technology, LNG ship safety specification and standards, to provide a communication platform for you and many scholars as well as experts to deeply explore the new LNG industry tendency under the new situation.