The communication meeting on the progress of Research on Efficient Development and Utilization Technologies of Special Agricultural and Forestry Resources, a national S&T program during the 11th Five-Year Plan Period jointly organized and implemented by All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Forestry Administration was held in Hunan recently.

At the meeting, the 10 units responsible for the research reported their progress against the research tasks and performance appraisal indicators respectively, summarized the achievements made, pointed out existing problems and further defined the focus of next step work. The meeting also discussed the future developing direction and main research focus of the special products field.