Researches on Cornus wilsoniana, Ricinus communis, and Symplocos paniculata have generated a large amount of data. In order to assist researchers to store and exchange data efficiently, an on-line interactive platform, called Chinese Oil Plants Information System (COPIS), was developed. The authors collected and organized the data of three Chinese industrial oil plants. The system applied AMP (Apache. +. PHP. +. Mysql) Web frame based on the standard Browser/Server of three-layer structure. COPIS has realized data query and real-time update, as...