Abstract: Several development trends in pipeline industry have been introduced based on the situation and proceedings of IPC 2000, including high pressure transmitting of natural gas and the development and application of high-grade line pipes, high pressure rich gas transmitting and fracture control of the pipeline, pipeline's corrosion and integrity, risk management of pipeline, microstructure of micro-alloyed pipeline steels. It is considered that the corresponding research related to the issues above should be further enhanced for the pipeline industry of China.