On 14th December 2007, MOST held the Symposium on the Research Project of Evaluation Criteria of Innovative City for Major Cities in Shenyang. Mr. YANG Qiquan, Deputy Director of the National Research Centre for Science and Technology for Development, attended the symposium.

The discussion centred on the following four issues: first, implementation plans and mechanism of the project; second, innovative city evaluation and appraisal criteria system for major cities; third, personnel involved in the research and task division; fourth, exchange and sharing mechanism of science and technology statistics