The Species 2000 China Node is a regional hub of the Species 2000 program and is launched up on 20, October 2006.
The goal of the Species 2000 China Node project is to provide a validated checklist of all species (plants, animals and microorganisms) distributed in China to all users in the world. This will be achieved by bringing a series of databases together, each of them covering a group or groups of organisms in China. The checklist will be freely provided for users by a website supporting the online query to the dynamic checklist and annual checklist, and a CD providing the annual checklist. The website and CD will be in both Chinese and English Language.
Annual Inspection meeting of Species 2000 China Node
Friday, 05 March 2010
On December 28, 2009, the Species 2000 China Node carried out the annual inspection meeting of the related projects in the Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing, China.
2008 Annual Meeting of Species 2000 China node in Beijing
Monday, 12 January 2009
On January 5, 2009 (Monday), Species 2000 China Node Working Group held an annual meeting in the Institute of Zoology, CAS. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Ma Keping, the director of Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the leader of Species 2000 China Node. All responsible people of the working group and a number of taxonomic experts from the Institutes of Botany, Zoology, and Microbiology attended the meeting. Dr. Wang Lisong, member of the plant group, firstly briefed on cataloging process of China's higher plants database. Group of plants has made good progress and achieved the expected results in 2008, completed data cataloging of more than 100,000 species names of almost 40,000 groups, and established a practical database on morphological characters; Prof. Ji Liqiang, chief of fauna group, sumed up the works in second half of 2008 on the catalogue of animal species, progress made from animal data collecting, collating and updating of the correlated software. He also gave a detailed discussion on the establishment of a national standard taxonomic code for vertebrate animal, as well as the investment of the dynamic updating system for China / Global Species Database.
