Based on China petroleum strategy reserve and the development trend of large-scale storage tank, the idea of referring the advancement of foreign tank design standards was raised. In allusion to the tank operation management and tank safety, the advancement of American and Russia tank construction standard was studied in detail, including strictly limited tank safe distance and fire-dike effective volume, and advanced design idea of tank level gauge and adjacent tank cooling method under tank fire accident and the mature recommended practice of floating tank roof condition monitoring and tank leakage protection, and the new technology under liquid foam injection and tank foundation drilling leakage inspection technique. Finally, the suggestion of adopting American and Russia tank construction standard was made.