Recently in Changsha, according to the requirement of Hunan Ecological Red Line Delimitation Technical Plan and the general arrangement by Hunan Environmental Protection Department, the Department organized the first meetingwith local counties, cities and districts for identifying provincial ecological red line, which lasted for one week. The conference was cooperatively led by Environmental Protection Science Research Institute of Hunan, Environmental Monitoring Centre of Hunan, Environmental Protection Monitoring Centre of Dongting Lakeas well as the Third Surveying and Mapping Institute Hunan, who discussed in groups with the local counties, cities and districts and agreed on some initial adjustment of the Technical Plan. The relevant offices of the Department participated in the group discussion.

The governments of counties, cities and districts proposed some acceptable recommendations for modification of Hunan Ecological Red Line Delimitation Technical Plan, which obtained some feedback from the discussion groups. Also, some issues which should be further coordinated with different relevant institutes, Hunan Environmental Protection Department and Ministry of Environmental Protection were also explained.

Duringthe conference, the opinions of local counties, cities and districts about the Technical Plan have been sufficiently gathered, which showed the communication and interaction between different levels. The Technical Plan has been further managed and modified through the conference, which should facilitate the second meeting and the implementation of the ecological red line plan.