Abstract
On the opportunities to attend PVRC and MPC meeting in San Antomio in January and in Dallas TX and Columbus in May 1994. activities of PVRC and MPC which promote, conduct and/or coordinate needed research in pressure vessel field which contributes development of international Codes and Standards such as ASME are reviewed. And recent activities of JPVRC which promotes closed co-research work with PVRC and MPC in Japan are also reported.