The working group for an infrared telescope(IRT) toward East Asian Observatory has been set up in EAMA6. This report declares the membership of IRT working group, reviews briefly the activities of promoting the IRT, and puts forward the future plan.

The program of site survey in western China has been initiated by the National Astronomical Observatories of China(NAOC) toward large telescope facilities. The program is carried out in aspects of remote studies and local surveys. The preliminary results show that the eastern Pamirs and Ali area in Tibet may be the best candidates for further monitoring. The site survey group of NAOC will proceed to set up site testing stations on the selected sites and perform monitoring and campaign in 2005.