表面工程是二十世纪八十年代兴起的新学科，在世界各发达国家受到高度重视和广泛应用。1984年在英国建立了第一个表面工程学会，并出版了第一本国际性的“表面工程”杂志。中国机械工程学会紧跟世界科技发展的潮流，于1987年建立了我国第一个表面工程研究所；1988年创刊了我国 Surface engineering is a new discipline that emerged in the 1980s. It has been highly valued and widely used in all developed countries in the world. In 1984, the first Surface Engineering Society was established in the UK and the first international “Surface Engineering” magazine was published. Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society keep up with the trend of world science and technology, established in 1987, China’s first surface engineering institute; founded in 1988 in China