On April 23, Prof. Wu Kongming, President of CAAS, met with H.E. Mr. Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, Chairman of the Understanding China Forum and former Foreign Minister of Pakistan. The two sides exchanged views on further deepening China-Pakistan cooperation in agricultural science and technology.

The two sides had in-depth discussions on optimizing cooperation mechanisms, enhancing the level of joint talent training, and deepening agricultural technology transfer. They also held pragmatic discussions on key areas of cooperation, including Gobi eco-agriculture, agricultural trade, crop genetic resources, animal breeding and veterinary medicine. Both sides expressed their expectations to effectively promote China-Pakistan agricultural cooperation upon the platform of the Understanding China Forum.

H.E. Salman Shah, former Finance Minister of Pakistan, and H.E. Shahid Malik, former Pakistani Ambassador to India, accompanied the visit. Relevant officials of Department of International Cooperation, Institute of Crop Sciences, Institute of Plant Protection, and Biotechnology Research Institute of CAAS attended the meeting. After the meeting, Mr. Kasuri and his delegation visited the

National Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Park.