The First Special Evaluation Conference is held in Beijing on Jan 3, about 50 evaluation experts team members and leaders from mid-term evaluation office are present at the conference. Researcher LI Xiaochun attends the meeting as an expert in environment field from IRSM.

The evaluation conference sums up the special field survey, evaluation experts believe that key technology in environment field plays an active role in several aspects, including supporting pollution emission reduction, development of ecological civilization construction, environmental protection industry development, stereoscopic monitoring system construction and international status promotion.

A special evaluation working scheme is established at the conference. Experts discuss the next step of the special evaluation. Ten key problems in four aspects including implementation, effect, needs and challenges of special evaluation in environment field are discussed as well.

The special evaluation is to be completed at the end of March in 2014. Basing on the survey reports at the beginning, experts will finish evaluation report by using methods including evaluation meeting, interview and discussion, and data analysis.