February 10, 1907 (, Heigo In the twelfth lunar month 28), survey the first oil wells.

1907, China's first oil wells in Shaanxi Yanchang County outside the West Assigning the well location.
China since the 1903 oil deposits, no one has been modern mining. In 1904, the extension of the founder of the county funding to extend the oil factory, office chief by alternate magistrate Hong Yang, began drilling for oil. for
, large-scale mining, Hong Yang that hired the Japanese technicians of Sato Yaichiro, Tanaka long made purchasing drilling machine as surveying well locations, to install drilling rigs and other aspects of technical guidance.
wells bit a assigned for oars machine that was installed in April, June 5 daily standard drill spud growing September 6 oil. The history of oil production
mainland China from the end.