AfteranalyzingtheweldingprocedureknowledgeinChinesenationalstandardsforweldingprocedurequalificationofsteelpressurevesselfromthepointofestablishingexpertsystem,itcanbepidedintofivetypesofknowledge,i.e.practice,definition,regularity,processanddescriptionknowledge.Theknowledgeexpressionmethodsareestablishedaccordingtothedifferenttypeofweldingprocedureknowledge.Thereasoningprocessbasedonruleisadopted.Andthereasoningengineisembeddedamongobjectsintegratedwiththeknowledgebase.