中国油气勘探开发的历史，就是开拓创新的历史。这段历史取得了辉煌的成就，实现了陆相和海相油气勘探两大跨越。自主创新了八大油气地质理论和八大技术系列，发现500多个油气田，2010年产油达2.1×108 t油当量，天然气950×108 m3。从近期研究和实践认为，中国油气资源十分丰富，勘探潜力巨大，勘探领域广泛，并提出了油气资源开发的战略。

China oil and gas exploration and development history is the history of innovation. This period of history has made brilliant achievements. In this paper, we innovated eight oil and gas geological theory and eight technology, more than 500 oil and gas fields have been find. In 2010 an annual output of oil is 2.1×108 t, natural gas is 950×108 m³。From recent research and practice to think, Chinese oil and gas resources are very rich, have great potential for exploration. At last we put forward the oil gas resources development strategy.