Sponsored by European and Mediterranean Cereal Rusts Foundation and CAAS, the 13th International Cereal Rusts and Powdery Mildews Conference was held in Bejing from August 29-31.

Ulrich Kuhlmann, Regional Director of CABI’s Swiss centre, highlighted the importance of partnerships after being honoured with the Chinese government’s Friendship Award in Beijing on 28 September 201...

On October 12, Vice President WANG Ren met with Paul E. Schickler, President of DuPont Pioneer, and exchanged views on enhancing collaboration on agricultural research between CAAS and DuPont Pioneer.

On Sept 27, Vice President TANG Hua-jun met with Professor Ulrich Kuhlmann from Germany and Professor Eric Van Ranst from Belgium, who won the 2012 Chinese Government Friendship Award.

LI Jia-yang, Vice Minister of Agriculture and President of CAAS, met with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva during his tour to China on October 1 at CAAS.

At the invitation of the IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, CAAS Vice President WANG Ren attended the Scientific Forum of the 56th IAEA General Conference held in Vienna from September 17-21.

On July 12, Vice President WANG Ren met with the visiting executive secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (AFDC) Dr. Frannie Léautier at CAAS.

On July 13, CAAS inaugurated a joint laboratory of pomology with Italy at the Research Institute of Pomology (RIP-CAAS) in Huludao City, Liaoning Province.

Dr. LI Jia-yang, Chinese Vice Minister of Agriculture and President of CAAS, met on 4th April with the visiting delegation from Thailand led by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.

On February 9, Dr. LI Jia-yang, President of CAAS met with the visiting group from International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) headed by Dr. Clive James, Board Chair...