The Environment Protection Administration (EPA) has been annually undertaking the Evaluation of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Technical Consulting Organizations since 1997. The annual evaluation results are announced on the EPA’s website for the developers to choose appropriate technical consulting firms to work with. By aggregating the evaluation scores of 2014 and holding the evaluation committee meeting, the evaluation result of 2014 was decided and announced. Of the 94 assessed firms, 9 were graded A, 11 were graded pre-A, 19 were graded B, 9 were graded C and 46 were ungraded. Through this project, the evaluation procedure was conducted in accordance with the measure of the year 2015 since Jan 1, 2015. By Nov 30, the evaluation scores of 338 EIA reports which belong to 99 technical consulting firms were gathered and calculated. To improve the performance on EIA affairs, the performance appraisal of local environmental protection agencies was conducted in this project and the appraisal results are collected and calculated. By holding review and communication conferences, the central authorities and the competent authorities were gathered to review the achievements of EIA affairs, improve the ability of the authorities to conduct EIA affairs and make the EIA system more mature. In addition, the 10th and 11th EIA reviewing committee members were invited to attend the committee communication conference to exchange their experiences on EIA affairs and make the EIA reviewing system work better.

Environmental Impact Assessment, Evaluation of Technical Consulting Organizations, Performance Appraisal of Local Environmental Protection Agencies