With years of consistent efforts, NCSTE has gained rich experience in designing and conducting comprehensive evaluation projects in which social, economic, technological and cultural factors and policies are involved. 

Program Evaluation
Pioneering the evaluation of S&T programs, NCSTE has been involved in the largest and most intensive evaluation of S&T programs ever conducted in China. 
Project Evaluation
NCSTE has been carrying out the evaluation of project selection, which covers four major aspects: technical, institutional, economic, and financial. So far more than 1000 projects have been evaluated.
The evaluation performed by NCSTE involves such fields as advanced materials, IT, telecommunication, health, agriculture, environment, resources, as well as sustainable development. NCSTE has an intimate knowledge of domestic policies, management, technology development, institutions and experts in various fields.
Evaluation of Institutes
In order to promote the commercialization of technology achievements, since 1992 more than 100 National Engineering Technology Centers have been established in China. NCSTE carried out the evaluation of most of them so that the management departments could make decision to support or remove them.
China’s S&T Evaluation Standards
Mandated by the MOST, NCSTE has drafted China’s S&T Evaluation Standards and had it published under the name of NCSTE in 2001. MOST made the Standards the annex to government regulation on evaluation management. 
Since its issuance, the Standards has been well observed in S&T evaluation in China, which provides a platform for evaluators from various regions and institutions to discuss and share evaluation experience. The Standards also plays an important role in standardizing the behavior of evaluators. What is more, It has been defined as the basic material for science and technology evaluation training. More than 600 evaluators from 70 evaluation institutions across China participated in the training workshop.
Aid Evaluation
In the recent years, NCSTE has been taking Aid Evaluation as an important part of the work and placing great emphasis on the improvement of ability to carry it out. An Aid Evaluation project team in NCSTE has been set up. The project team has systematically studied the concerning OECD development aid policies and the policies on utilization of foreign government loans to China. 
As a local partner, NCSTE has conducted joint evaluation with international institutions. For instance, NCSTE has evaluated Norwegian Mixed Credits jointly with a Norwegian consulting agency, Institute of Applied Social Science of Norway (FAFO). It has also evaluated Danish Mixed Credit Program jointly with Nordic Consulting Group (NCG). By now it has already completed the fieldwork and case studies of 20 aid projects.
Evaluation Cooperation Network
NCSTE has cooperation and exchange with 18 institutions across the world, such as the United States, France, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, Thailand, Korea and India. Meanwhile, with the entrustment of UNDP and APEC as well as other international organizations, NCSTE has successfully organized a series of seminars and workshops such as workshops for technicians, managers or international representatives. It has also successfully arranged a number of workshops for selected stakeholders on technology application and transfer. 
A cooperation network has been set up by NCSTE covering the major cities all over China, which guarantees the efficient cooperation with local evaluation institutions. Meanwhile, NCSTE is preparing for the establishment of Evaluation Association of China.
The information system of NCSTE is composed of a project database, an enterprise/institution database and an expert database. 

Appendix. 
Evaluation of the National Program for Addressing Key Science and Technology Issues (investment of 3 B RMB involved).
Evaluation of the 10-year and 15-year practice of the National High-tech Development Program (investment over 50 B RMB involved).
Evaluations of the National New & High-tech Industrial Development Zones and New and High-tech Enterprises (covering 52 high-tech zones and over 10,000 enterprises).
Evaluation of the Budget of the Major State Basic Research & Development Program (investment of 3.3 B RMB involved). 
Evaluation of the Key Projects of the National New Products Program. Evaluations of 16 top prioritized projects for Addressing Key Science and Technology Issues (investment of 800 M RMB involved).
Evaluations of National Key Science and Technology Industrial Projects (investment of 200 M RMB involved).
Evaluations of the National Engineering Technology Research Center Acceptance 
Evaluation of the Development Trends of Communications Industry 
Joint-evaluation of the 10-year Norwegian Mixed Credit Policy and Impact in China;
Joint-evaluation of the Danish Mixed Credit Program in China
APEC Science and Technology Evaluation Comparison and Website Development;
Research on the Evaluation Indicator System for Venture Capital Project;
Issue the Uniform Standards for ST Evaluation