On the afternoon of 27 July 2007, the closing ceremony of the Fourth International Seminar on Climate System and Climate Change (ISCS) was held in CMA. Thus, the 12-day seminar was successfully completed.

      In the music of “Jubilance”, Dr. Wang Shourong, Deputy Administrator of CMA, Ms. Guo Yaxi, Director-General of Department of Scientific Development, Dr. Dong Wenjie, Director-General of BCC, presented awards and certificates to the Outstanding Participants. Dr. Luo Yong, Deputy Director-General of BCC chaired the ceremony.

      The participants are mainly graduate and Ph.D. students from universities and institutes, as well as young staff member of CMA and other institutions. In order to encourage the participants to actively attach themselves in the seminar and improve their ideation, the seminar set up awards of Outstanding Participants, including awards for best question and best paper. Totally 19 participants gained the awards, including 6 for best question:

      Zhou Zaixing from IAP/CAS, Jin Hua from Beijing Municipal Meteorological Bureau, Sara Katarina Sunno from Sweden Goteburg University, Xu Yun from Nanjing University, Zhao Dong from NUIST and Li Chuanjin from CAREERI/CAS, and 13 for best paper: Nader Ahmed Abdulla Mahmood from Bahrain, Zhang Qian and Zhang Yizhou from Beijing Normal University, Chen Tiexi from Nanjing University, Xu Min from NUIST, Lv Xiaona from Chengdu Institute of Information Science and Technology, Nie Suping and Hu Yichang from IAP/CAS, Gong Zhiqiang from Lanzhou University, Huang Yiwu from CAMS, Wei Yingying from Jiangsu Provincial Meteorological Bureau, Li Hongjun from Urumchi Institute of Desert Meteorology and Cao Guangzhen from NSMC.

      The new ideas and papers were collected as a proceeding of the seminar. Through gathering and summarizing the feedback questionnaires, the next ISCS will be more effective so as to benefit the participants.