Abstract:

This was an overview on the developments of process systems engineering (PSE) in China, in memory of the establishment of the PSE Professional Committee under Systems Engineering Society of China for 30 years. The paper was divided into four parts. The first part of the introduction was a brief review of the origin of PSE as a discipline in China. The second part was the development contribution and problems of PSE in the past 30 years. The important achievements of PSE in the past 30 years (especially in the past 10 years) and its contribution to process industry were briefly reviewed and summarized, and some existing problems including the position of PSE in China were pointed out. The next half part of this paper was the prospect of PSE’s future developments. In the third part of challenges and opportunities on future developments for PSE, the development situation for PSE were introduced from the global perspective and the perspective of China’s future development of the problems. It was further pointed out that PSE discipline would have some opportunities to play a role. Finally, the future prospects, mainly some suggestions for future works, were put forward in the fourth part.

Key words: process systems engineering (PSE), development, history retrospect, prospect

摘要：

中国系统工程学会过程系统工程专业委员会至今已成立了30年，本文是一篇纪念文章，全文分为四个部分。首先就过程系统工程（process systems engineering, PSE）作为一个学科在中国的缘起做一个简要回顾；其次，介绍了30年来PSE的发展贡献和问题，简要回顾30年来（特别是近10年来）PSE领域的重要成果及其对于过程工业的贡献，并对当前工作中存在的问题提出一些看法；再次，介绍了PSE面临的挑战和机遇，主要从全球和我国角度简要评述今后发展面临的问题，针对发展形势的要求，进一步指出了PSE学科将会有哪一些发挥作用的机会；最后展望未来，主要是对PSE今后工作提出了一些建议。

关键词: 过程系统工程, 发展, 历史回顾, 展望