US Anti-Doping Agency ("USADA") 2018 Doping Control Officer Conference was held in Colorado Springs from September 8th to 9th, 2018. DING Tao, deputy director of CHINADA, LIN Haiyan, director of Testing Department, and LIU Xueqi, coordinator of Testing Department, were invited to participate.

The theme of the conference is “ELEVATE”, which aims to introduce anti-doping work to DCO and improves the quality of doping control work. The conference invited experts and retired athletes to give speeches on various aspects, such as education, testing, investigation and analysis, and speakers communicated with attendees of the conference. USASA also organized a visit to the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center of USA.

During the conference, CHINADA had a profound communication with USADA, through which CHINADA had a deep understanding of the anti-doping testing work from USADA. It provided the reference for the development of anti-doping work in China. Two sides both suggest that they will strengthen cooperation and exchanges in the future and work together to create a clean sport environment.