The State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology (Beijing Institute of Technology) held a laboratory evaluation summary conference on April 12, 2008. Prof. Bai Chunhua, the director of the State Key Laboratory, Prof. Jiao Qingjie, the deputy dean of the Aerospace Academy, and Prof. Tang Shengjing, the vice president, and more than 50 faculty members attended the conference.

The five-year operation evaluation of national key laboratories is of great significance for promoting the construction of national key laboratories and promoting the development of laboratories. With the strong support of the school and the leaders of the college and the joint efforts of all the key laboratories, on March 2, 2008, the laboratory successfully passed the evaluation of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and achieved good results.

The summary meeting was chaired by Prof. Zhang Qingming, deputy director of the State Key Laboratory. Professor Bai Chunhua, director of the State Key Laboratory of Explosive Science and Technology made a summary report. The report introduced the evaluation system and requirements, the work done during the evaluation stage, and the expert group review results and feedback, focusing on the key experiments in the past 5 years from 5 aspects including academic achievements, scientific research projects, personnel training, team building, and international exchange. The achievements and existing deficiencies of the laboratory, and made specific recommendations for the future development of the laboratory, rectification measures; emphasized that we must further enhance the status of the national key laboratory in the field, role and influence.

Prof. Jiao Qingjie, the executive deputy director of the Aerospace Academy, delivered a speech and thanked everyone for their hard work. While fully affirming their achievements, they also hoped that the key laboratory staff will further promote the spirit of ownership, emancipate the mind, and make progress.