Prof. LI Jia-yang, a plant molecular geneticist and academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has been recently designated as Vice Minister of Agriculture of China and President of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS).
Mr. XUE Liang, Secretary of the Leading Party Group of CAAS, led a delegation to Thailand, Kenya and Tanzania from October 10 to 21 at the invitation of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC) of Thailand
Science Forum 2011 was held in Beijing from Oct. 17 to 19, which was organized by the Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) of the CGIAR.
On July 14th, Nature Magazine published a cover thesis on Genome Sequence and Analysis of the Tuber Crop Potato.
The CAAS delegation headed by Professor ZHAI Hu-qu, president of CAAS, visited agricultural research institutes, universities and international organizations in the UK, Switzerland and Ukraine from January 16th to 27th.
The Consultation Meeting about Establishing Global Agricultural Data and Information Sharing Framework was held in Beijing from June 20th to 23rd, which was hosted by FAO and GFAR and co-organized by CIARD and CAAS.
The China-EU Workshop on Sustainable Development and Diversity Usage of Bast Fiber Crops and the Info Day for FP7, co-hosted by CAAS and the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of European Commission
In March 2011, CAAS and the University of New Hampshire signed a Memorandum of Understanding between CAAS and UNH on the establishment of Joint Laboratory for Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems.
The delegation headed by Dr. LIU Xu, Vice President of CAAS, went to Chile and Brazil for a 10-day visit from May 29th to June 7th, 2011.