China News Service, Yinchuan, August 20 (Reporter Li Peishan) "China has achieved agricultural development and modernization using modern and renewable technologies. This has always been one of the key areas of exchanges, cooperation and capacity building between the two countries." August 20 , Jordan’s ambassador to China, Husam Husseini, delivered a video speech, looking forward to further cooperation with China.
On the same day, the Fifth China-Arab States Expo Modern Agriculture Cooperation Conference opened in Yinchuan, Ningxia, and the dialogue meeting on green, brand, and open leading agricultural high-quality development was held simultaneously.
The conference screened 36 signed cooperation projects with a total amount of 2 billion yuan.
Among them, 4 "going out" agricultural cooperation projects were signed under the framework of "China-Arab Cooperation" and "One Belt and One Road", and 4 agricultural cooperation projects were "brought in" for the introduction of new agricultural technologies, new equipment and trade promotion. 28 investment and trade cooperation agreements.
Husseini said that during his visit to Ningxia, he witnessed traditional agricultural fields, desert agriculture and modern technologies for sand prevention and control.
"Jordan is also a country surrounded by deserts, facing water shortages. To achieve high-quality agricultural development, we must follow the path of modern agricultural development. We welcome China to set up an agricultural technology research and transfer center in Jordan and look forward to the Establish more cooperation in the agricultural field."
China-Arab Satellite TV reporter Ouyang Lili from Jordan said: “As far as I know, in previous China-Arab Expos, Ningxia University's intelligent wind-solar complementary water-saving irrigation system and other projects have realized technology transfer cooperation with Oman and other countries. "Ouyang Lili said that Jordan's ground drip irrigation technology is also widely used. "In more arid areas like Jordan, China's advanced agricultural technology and equipment are needed. I look forward to more results from this conference."
Qu Sixi, the representative of the United Nations World Food Program in China, said that there are many similarities between Arab countries and China’s Ningxia and other provinces in terms of natural resource conditions and types of agricultural development. “We are willing to take this meeting as an opportunity to help China and Arab countries The country’s exchanges and cooperation in the development of modern agriculture, especially in arid areas, the integration of primary, secondary and tertiary industries, agricultural market system construction, agricultural mechanization, agricultural informatization, water-saving technology, and the utilization of Juncao technology, actively promote the global The transformation of the food system will promote the continuous improvement of the food security and nutritional level of all mankind." (End)