各位代表，同志们：中国金属学会第六次全国会员代表大会暨成立40周年庆祝大会，今天隆重开幕了。这是继去年召开的冶金科技大会以后，我国冶金科技界的又一次盛会。我代表冶金部党组向大会表示热烈的祝贺！向与会的全体代表，并通过你们向冶金战线的全体科技工作者表示亲切的 Dear Delegates, Comrades, The 6th National Congress of Chinese Metals and the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China were grandly opened today. This is another grand gathering of metallurgical and technological circles in our country after the Metallurgical Technology Conference held last year. On behalf of the Ministry of Metallurgical Group, I hereby extend my warm congratulation to the conference! I would like to extend my cordial greetings to all the participating delegates and to all the scientists and technicians in the metallurgical front.