China Zhuo Tongjing's drilling technology was more than 800 years earlier than that in the west, and made immeasurable contributions to mankind as gunpowder, papermaking, printing and compass. Therefore, it is praised as "the father of modern oil drilling in the world", "the pioneer of mechanical drilling" and "the fifth invention in China" by the three books: History of Drilling Technology in China, History of Science and Technology in China and History of Well Salt Technology in China. The scientific and technological circles have an image metaphor for Zhuo Tongjing: "Without Zhuo Tongjing, there would be no Gulf War".

Originated from the Northern Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty (104 1~ 1048), the salt extraction technology of Zhuotong well in Daying County made the deep underground brine scientifically exploited for the first time. In the process of exploiting brine, human beings have discovered oil and gas resources buried underground. Its sinking technology is the first in modern rapid drilling in the west. Although it has experienced a history of nearly 1000 years, its ancient technological process is still quite complete.

Zhuotongjing is the ancestor and living fossil of drilling deep wells in the world, the only existing historical and cultural heritage in the world, and it is a "living dinosaur".