光绪二十年(1894年),世界性的化学界盛会“万国实业化学研究会”首次在比利时首都召开,此后每三年举办一届。宣统元年(1909年)四月,第七届“万国实业化学研究会”在伦敦召开,大会董事拟请中国派员赴会。驻英大使李经方受政府之托,就近委派留学法国、英国的学生吴匡时、俞同奎二人前往。会议结束后,二人向政府提交了一份详细的报告。这是中国第一次参加有关化学研究的世界性大会,受到与会各国的关注。现从馆藏外务部全宗中选出有关档案,予以刊布。——编选者郭慧 Twenty years Guangxu (1894), the world’s chemical industry event, “IWC Research Society” for the first time held in the Belgian capital, held every three years thereafter. The first year of Xuantong (1909) In April, the 7th “National Seminar of Industrial Chemistry” was held in London, and the directors of the General Assembly proposed to invite China to send members to attend the meeting. Li Jingfang, Ambassador to the United Kingdom, was entrusted by the government and recently appointed Wu Kuang, a student studying in France and England, Yu Tongkui and two others. After the meeting, the two submitted a detailed report to the government. This is the first time that China has participated in a world conference on chemical research and has drawn the attention of participating countries. Now from the collection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fonds in the relevant files to be published. - Editor Guo Hui