During the meeting, the Alliance’s standardization expert panel pointed out that the method still needs to be revised and completed with more data and experiments. It’s necessary to test different parabolic trough tube receivers from more manufactures and have cycle tests on other platforms except for Beijing Badaling solar thermal platform, and comparisons with testing platforms from abroad is also required, so as to push the work forward scientifically, reasonably and efficiently. The panel expressed that the standard could be published in 2016. (Translated by Zhaorui Yang)