On March 11, participants of the Workshop on Governance Capacity for African Countries organized by Academy of International Business Officials (AIBO), visited the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IPPCAAS). There are a total of 36 officials from African Union Commission, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and other African countries. Prof. Zhang Jie, Deputy Director General of IPPCAAS, participated in the reception. The symposium was chaired by Tian Fang, Deputy Director of the Division of Domestic and International Cooperation of IPPCAAS.

DDG Zhang Jie briefly introduced IPPCAAS in terms of scientific and technological innovation, team building and international cooperation, and particularly highlighted IPPCAAS's in-depth collaboration with African nations in agricultural biosafety, encompassing talent cultivation, platform development, securing and implementing international collaborative projects and technology/product transfer with demonstrable achievements across these strategic cooperation domains.

The delegation also visited the technology and product exhibition for management of fall armyworm and other major cross-border and migratory pests and diseases. Experts from IPPCAAS gave professional explanation on the research and development background, application scenarios and prevention and control effects of technology products, so that African officials had a more intuitive understanding of China's technological innovation and application of achievements in the field of plant protection. In exchange and communication session, the members of the delegation gave enthusiastic speech and expressed their gratitude to IPPCAAS for the well-organized activities. Many of them said that they had a deep understanding of China's technical strength in the field of plant protection through this exchange activity, and looked forward to in-depth cooperation with China in the fields of pest and disease control and green agriculture development, so as to jointly ensure food safety, biological safety and ecological safety in Africa.

This activity not only enhanced the communication and mutual trust between China and Africa in the field of agricultural biosafety, but also laid a solid foundation for joint research and project cooperation between the two sides in the future. More than 50 people attended the meeting, including leaders and experts from AIBO, the Center for International Agricultural Research of CAAS and IPPCAAS.