Founded in London, England, 1924, the Federation is a non-governmental international professional organization. The purpose of this paper is to exchange experiences in life-saving technology at sea, improve the design performance of lifeboats, boats, equipment and accessories and the technical conditions of life-saving personnel, and safeguard the safety of life at sea. At present, the organization consists of 55 members from 39 countries. The organization is headquartered in the Royal Lifeboat Association. The organization meets every four years and holds exhibitions and life-saving exercises at sea. This publication is an annual international lifeboat. The chairman of the meeting is the person in charge of the lifeboat organization in the host country.
On February 5th,1978,65438, the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Science and Technology Commission jointly sent a document to the State Council asking for personnel to attend the International Lifeboat Conference. On February 9th, 1978, 1978, China joined the Federation from 1979 with the approval of the central leadership. We used to join the organization in the name of the Salvage Bureau of the Ministry of Communications of China Salvage Company (currently, we joined the organization in the name of the Salvage Bureau of the Ministry of Communications) in 1979, 1983, 1987, 199 1, 1995, respectively. In 2003, a quadrennial conference will be held in Cape Town, South Africa.
By participating in the ILF conference, we can learn about the current international life-saving technology, the current situation of boat equipment and advanced experience and technology, and make a selective and detailed understanding and inspection of life-saving organizations, personnel training, life-saving work organization and the setting of life-saving stations in various countries, and absorb their strengths to varying degrees, which will play a great positive role in the design and construction of life-saving rescue boats in China and also help the production of diving life-saving equipment in China.