众多事实已证明，中国从上古时代起就已对医疗、环境、军事、材料、运输、日常生活等方面进行了无损检测与诊断。列举了笔者所知射线、磁粉、超声、(电磁)涡流和声振动等无损检测技术始于中国的时间、地点和先驱者姓名以及部分早期的发展史料，说明我国的现代无损检测已持续了近百年；并期望全国同行们都来关心、支持和参与对我国无损检测行业详实、完整历史的挖掘工作。

It is well known that the Chinese people have begun to nondestructively test and diagnose in the respects of medical treatment, environment, military affairs, materials, transportation, daily life, etc. since ancient times. The times, places and pioneers of radiographic testing, magnetic particle testing, ultrasonic testing, electromagnetic eddy current testing, acoustic vibration testing and so on, which emerged in China, as well as a part of early historical materials of NDT development in China, to the authors acknowledges, were also listed. All of these demonstrated that modern NDT technology had gone on for near one hundred years in China. And the author hopes that whole NDT personnel of our country to concern about, and to support and participate in the compilation of a full, accurate and overall Chinese history of our profession.