In order to better promote and do a good job in the application of the 2023 National Natural Science Foundation of the Institute, the Institute held the 2023 National Natural Science Foundation kick-off meeting in the afternoon of September 21 in the 101C conference room. The meeting was chaired by President Hu Guibing, and invited Su Dihua, Vice President of the Institute, Huang Dong, Deputy Director of the Institute, Ni Huiqun, Section Chief, and Li Zhenhua to attend the meeting and guide the work. All faculty members attended the meeting.

Vice President Su Dihua first affirmed the enthusiasm of our hospital to apply for national funds. In the future, we need to prepare in advance, polish the application repeatedly, improve the quality of the application, and further improve the number of projects; The university has strengthened the cultivation of talent projects. The college can take this opportunity to focus on organizing and encouraging the cultivation of talent projects; For key and major projects, we need organized planning, with the help of the innovation platform, put forward ideas from the perspective of discipline development, explore new research directions, and strive to reach the leading international and domestic level.

Then Huang Dong, deputy director of the school, made a report on strengthening organized scientific research and promoting the construction of the school's double first-class . The report summarized the basic situation of scientific research work of the school and our school in the past five years, analyzed the existing problems, and put forward the next work ideas and suggestions. It is hoped that the applicants for the talent cultivation program will focus on the major strategic needs of the country, sort out and refine scientific issues, improve their scientific research and innovation capabilities, make positive contributions to the construction of horticultural disciplines, and help the school's double first-class construction.

After the kick-off meeting, the college leadership and all the faculty members watched the warning educational film Clean up the borers of state-owned enterprises, which was shot by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervision Commission. They all said that they were strongly shocked and deeply educated. We should always keep in mind the standards and responsibilities of Party members, strictly abide by political discipline, adhere to the legal red line, grasp the bottom line of behavior, and take practical actions to meet the victory of the 20th CPC National Congress.