We are among the latecomers in the Chinese market. We entered the toxic gas detection segment here last year. But we are confident of our competitiveness and potential in natural gas exploration in western and coastal China, which can greatly boost our sales in the near future.

Eugene Lee

Asia-Pacific consultant to SpectraSensors

The US and China have similar interests in maintaining energy security as both countries are large petroleum consumers and substantial petroleum producers. Both the US and China are large economies, relying much on petroleum and in need of new energy technologies. My team's role is to link Chinese businesses with US technologies and services. Like China, the US produces much power with coal. We are very similar and unique. The US is now focusing on clean-coal technology, burning coal cleaner and more efficiently.

Bryan D. Larson

Commercial officer, US embassy

With its high quality content, CIPPE has gathered all professional oil and gas technologies. For Siemens, CIPPE is a highly valuable trade show that offers a perfect combination of upstream, midstream and downstream industries.

Frank Stieler

CEO, Siemens Oil & Gas

As an industry leader in toxic and flammable gas detection systems, we are not only focusing on competitiveness but are also striving to fulfill our social responsibility. Our latest effort has been to publish a handbook on our solutions to dangerous scenarios in which toxic and flammable gases may endanger safety and people's lives.

Lin Lin

Marketing manager, Honeywell Analytics

We earned $1 million in 2007 through LubriMist oil systems, the main products we provide in the Chinese market. After setting up an office in Beijing, LSC will expand business in China through cooperation with Chinese locomotive companies and invest millions of dollars in factories here. That way, it can cut half its costs.

Ted McCann

General manager, Lubrication Systems Co

We have participated in CIPPE for several times. The show has developed rapidly with an increasing number of exhibitors and is an opportunity that anybody in the oil and gas industry just cannot miss.

Gao Jianping

Beijing Petroleum Machinery Factory

In China, we concentrate on enterprises and factories that need equipment for processing and treatment. We are providing air and gas compression products with state-of-the-art technology that Chinese companies have been unable to create so far. We also produce treaters and purifiers for sulfur.

Frank Dai

Sales and marketing chief, PSB Industries Inc air division

The market in China is set to become more exciting. We look forward to it becoming very important for us. There is already intense competition for this market, but you have to compete all the same. You need to identify your market and identify your consumers. I've met very helpful and smart people here. I can see the Chinese businesspeople have got a lot more professional and business savvy over the years.

Jerry W. Woods

Regional sales manager, Asia-Pacific, Oil States Industries Inc

The reason we are in China is that we understand the country wants to be in the forefront of technology. Since wireless technology is in the forefront of technology in the US, we think there could be a demand for its application here as well.

The four oil majors in China have expressed interest in our business. And we've named four resellers. We believe it will be a slow adoption. Tradition is important, and it just takes some time for people to realize there are better products out there.

Craig Held

Business advisor, Freewave Technologies