Ocean and atmosphere are the most important parts of earth system, which have exerted great effects on global climate change. As the first new project in IGBP II, Surface Ocean-Low Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) will focus on research topics of linked ocean-atmosphere interactions at the ocean-atmosphere interface, including the atmospheric boundary layer (typically to about 1 km) and the upper-ocean boundary layer (typically 100m). SOLAS can contribute to our understanding of the interaction processes and mechanisms between ocean and atmosphere by interdisciplinarity studies. SOLAS science is underway in many countries. Reports on the status of SOLAS activity in 16 countries are received. China has drawn the draft national science plan, which mainly focus on scientific questions in Chinese coastal areas about the input of atmospheric species to the sea, the emissions of green house gases from the sea, exchange processes at the air-sea interface in order to understand and quantify the role that ocean-atmosphere interactions play in the regulation of climate and environmental changes.