On November 20th-22nd of 2008, an investigation team, consisting of the Department of Basic Research of MOST, Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development, Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, the Administrative Center for China’s Agenda 21, China National Center for Biotechnology Development, National Remote Sensing Center of China, launched a two-day comprehensive investigation in Shanghai, which is focused on research and study of major problems on the development strategy in national advantageous frontier fields during the 12th Five-Year period.

The comprehensive investigation team visited Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility and State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, listened to special reports, and organized a basic research symposium which was participated by Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Tongji University and other organizations. The symposium proposed concrete opinions and suggestions on the life science development layout during the 12th Five-Year period, deep sea research and drilling ship, Big Science Project, state laboratory construction and scientific research management.