Abstract
The Fourth World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education was organised by UNESCO in collaboration with the peoples Republic of China at Beijing from May 17-19, 1989. More than 800 delegates from about 100 countries, participated. About two hundred papers on various aspects of "Continuing Engineering Education" (CEE) were presented. Based on the views expressed in the conference and papers presented by authors from various countries an attempt is made here to present the world trends and their relevance with Indian situation.