In the morning of December 28, 2015, the Seventh Plenary Session of China National Committee for Terms in Science and Technology was held at the China Hall of Science and Technology in Beijing. About100 leading figures in the field of science and technology, including Mr. Lu Yongxiang, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, and Mr. Bai Chunli, the President of the Chinese Academy of Science, attended the meeting, in which they deliberated on and adopted the Work Report of China National Committee for Terms in Science and Technology, the Charter of China National Committee for Terms in Science and Technology, and the Principles and Methods of Determination of Terms in Science and Technology. At the meeting, over 100 experts, including Professor Mo Jihong, the Deputy Director of CASS Law Institute, were appointed as members of the Committee.

China National Committee for Terms in Sciences and Technologies (CNCTST) was established in 1985 upon the approval of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is the organization authorized by the State Council to examine, approve, and promulgate the scientific and technological terms on behalf of the Chinese government. On August 12, 1987, the State Council prescribed that the scientific and technological terms examined and approved by CNCTST are authoritative and have a binding force in China. They should be observed and used by all organizations including scientific research and educational institutions, production and management units, news and publishing circles, etc. CNCTST is responsible for formulating principles, policies, plans and programs about the work for scientific and technological terms in China, organizing the work of examination, approval, promulgation, coordination and promotion of scientific and technological terms on behalf of the Chinese government; developing the exchanges, coordination and unification in scientific and technological terms used in the Mainland and Taiwan of China and other Chinese-speaking regions; organizing domestic and international academic communication in the field of scientific and technological terms.