From September 4th to 5th, 2019, Luo Jun, the Party Secretary of our Academy, and Hu Guibing, the Dean of the Academy, led a group of 9 people from the college to the South Asian Tropical Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, to conduct research and exchanges.During the period, our group has investigated the National Tropical Fruit Tree Germplasm Field Gene Bank, the Southern Subtropical Crop Germplasm Field Gene Bank of Guangdong, the National Litchi Longan Industrial Technology System Nanfan Scientific Research Breeding Base, and the South China Agricultural University Zhanjiang Lizhi Longan Agricultural Science and Education Cooperation Personnel Training Base. Besides, the bilateral leaders and other scientific and technical personnel has conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions. 

Group Photo with the South Asian Tropical Crops Research Institute

On the morning of September 5th, an academic exchange meeting was held in the Academic Report Hall of the Comprehensive Experimental Building. The meeting was chaired by Director Xu Minggang.The dean of Academy, Hu Guibing, the vice President, Cao Panrong and Wu Zhenxian, and researcher represents of South Asia Institute of Youth Science and Technology, Wu Hongxia, Associate Professor Li Yunhe and Dr. Chen Ni gave an academic report, all scientific and technical personnel and postgraduate interns from institute attended the meeting. The discussion atmosphere was warm, all the participants spoke and exchanged ideas actively.

The two sides is discussing win-win cooperation

After the meeting, the two sides conducted in-depth communication on the future cooperation focus, and determined that both sides will strengthen cooperation in the cultivation of scientific research results, personnel training, and construction of agricultural science and education bases, then further developing their respective advantages, exploring a new model suitable for the joint training of agricultural science and education, and strivng to improve students’ comprehensive practical ability, training a applicational group of agricultural and forestry talents who love agriculture, understand technology and operate well, in order to achieve common development and mutual benefit.(Contents/Pictures by Xia Jingxian)