With a special office for the CHIPP, the Qingpu District organized relevant departments to go all out to arrange for the appraisal venue, facilities, accommodation, catering and transportation for the judges and organizing committees, enabling the judges to focus on their appraisal.

Besides, during the appraisal, the District also organized activities featuring water town's characteristics to show its good image so as to publicize Qingpu to the world. On the afternoon of March 20, the Qingpu Museum witnessed the opening ceremony of the special office and also the exhibition of awarded works in the 1st and 2nd contests. The District Governor Jiang Yao made a speech and inaugurated the office. A standing member of the Qingpu District Committee and also Publicity Minister Sun Ping presided over the ceremony. After the ceremony, the judges and the members of the organizing committee from the United States, who toured the Qingpu Museum, the Planning Exhibition Hall and the Water Library, were amazed by the profound culture and modern urban construction. On the evening of March 20, a grand banquet, with a simple ritual and friendly atmosphere, was held to announce the opening of the appraisal work. Attending the banquet were officials from four teams of the District. On March 22, the World Water Day, the judges signed their names with the Qingpu citizens for a promise of "Water Resources Protection for Our Homeland" after rushing to the activity of Memorial of "World Water Day" and also Photographers' Focus on Qingpu New Town. In addition, the scenic spots in Zhujiajiao Water Town, comfort and relaxation resorts at their leisure, put the photographers on the scoop. "Could the time for appraisal be extended a little next year, so we could feel more about the folk custom and culture in the Southern China?" suggested by an Australian judge Adam Brody at the "CHIPP·Zhujiajiao Forum" after the announcement of the results.