On June 30, Prof. Huang Sanwen, President of CAAS, met with Prof. Ernst van den Ende, Member of the Executive Board of Wageningen University and Research (WUR) and Managing Director of the Animal Sciences, and his delegation. The two sides exchanged views on further strengthening cooperation in agricultural science and technology. Prof. Sun Tan, Vice President of CAAS, also attended the meeting.

Prof. Huang noted that CAAS and WUR enjoy close and solid partnership based on joint efforts in the G2P International Mega Science Project, co-supervision of PhD students, and China–EU–Africa trilateral cooperation. He highlighted WUR’s knowledge ecosystem (attracting startups, SMEs and corporates around the campus) would be a valuable reference for CAAS, and emphasized that deepened collaboration between the two sides is of great significance for promoting sustainable agricultural development in China, the Netherlands, and even globally.

Prof. Ernst van den Ende stated that the WUR Executive Board highly values its strategic partnership with CAAS. He expressed WUR’s commitment to joint research, talent development, and stronger institutional collaboration mechanisms.

Representatives from the WUR China Office, the Department of International Cooperation of CAAS, the Graduate School of CAAS, and the Institute of Crop Sciences of CAAS also attended the meeting.