On Oct.17, a panel of 12 experts came to XTBG headquarters to have onsite-assessment of the CAS-level key laboratory --Laboratory for Tropical Rain Forest Ecosystem Research and Management, which was proposed by XTBG.

The experts listened to report on the development over the past years by lab director Cao Min, and five academic reports by related scientists, and inquired questions about the lab. Afterwards, they visited scientific facilities and had discussions. The panel then came to a synthetic valuation report.

The expert panel is to have onsite-assessment on 9 laboratories which have been proposed as key labs at CAS level. Through comparison on the valuation reports, CAS is to strengthen the support to upgrade scientific research facilities of the key labs which obtain approval.