On September 16, local time, Qin Gang, Chinese Ambassador to the United States, attended the China-US Climate-Smart Agriculture Roundtable in St. Louis, Missouri, and inspected the farming conditions of local farms.
The roundtable was held at the headquarters of the American Soybean Export Association.
Jason Hafmeister, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wei Zhenglin, Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, representatives of Chinese and American agricultural companies, experts and scholars attended the event online and offline.
Qin Gang said in his speech that with the continuous advancement of China's high-quality development, the demand for agricultural green development technologies and services will be no less than the demand for agricultural products.
We are willing to continue to open our doors and share the huge opportunities brought by this vast market with those American companies, institutions and farmers who wish to cooperate sincerely.
Qin Gang emphasized that both China and the United States are major agricultural countries, and it is the common responsibility of the two countries to take a long-term perspective to promote sustainable agricultural development and maintain world food security.
Not long ago, I and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack reached a lot of consensus on the continued cooperation and dialogue between China and the United States.
This roundtable on climate-smart agriculture is a pragmatic move by both sides to deepen information exchange.
Hafmeister said that it is of great significance for China and the United States to maintain long-term and good cooperation in the field of agriculture. The two sides should continue to exert leadership, strengthen cooperation in the field of agriculture, explore best agricultural practices, and jointly play a role in ensuring global food security and addressing climate change. important role.
We need to coordinate and cooperate with partner countries such as China, exchange and learn from each other, and promote technological innovation and industrial integration.
Participants from the Chinese and American industries introduced their respective promotion of sustainable agricultural development from the perspectives of concepts, policies, technology, and investment, and interacted to discuss future cooperation directions.
After the round table meeting, Qin Gang was invited to a farm in the suburbs of St. Louis to inspect the farming conditions of the farm.
(Reporter Liao Pan produced Sui Zhiyuan)
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]