New Drivers of Development
China’s reform and opening up has benefitted Africa in multifarious ways, particularly in terms of industrialisation, agricultural modernisation and human resource development.
Jul 26, 2024
China’s New Legislation Aims to Ensure the Supply of Grain and Related Products
China continues to enhance its ability to ensure food security and deal with the uncertainties of the external environment by stabilizing and securing domestic grain supplies.
Jun 13, 2024
How Did a Seed from Yangling Take Root in Kazakhstan?
Over 4,000 years ago, Hou Ji, who is said to be the earliest agricultural official in Chinese history, taught people how to plant and cultivate crops in Yangling. Today, the Yangling demonstration zone, known as a national agrarian hub, plays a crucial role in advancing China’s agricultural modernization. It not only gathers a cluster of agricultural universities such as Northwest A&F University, seed research and development companies, and agricultural innovation teams, but also attracts an increasing number of scholars and experts from Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries. Located in the central hinterlands of China, the small town of Yangling has become a demonstration zone for the modernization of Chinese agriculture. How did it achieve this status? Alexander Kubyshkin, a host of the CICG Center for Europe and Asia, visited Yangling in Shaanxi Province with Pakistani student Abdul Ghaffar Shar to find the answers.
Dec 18, 2023
Deepening China-Africa Ties in 2023
There is no doubt that the China-Africa cooperation has opened up many African economies to modernisation, that can only add fresh impetus to continental development.
Jan 5, 2023
The Father of Hybrid Rice: Freeing Humanity from Hunger
Known as “the father of hybrid rice,” Yuan Longping has made outstanding contributions to China’s food security and global food supply.
Nov 8, 2019
General Wang Zhen’s Trip to Japan in 1957
“China does not have enough arable land for its enormous population. Japan, on the contrary, does well in supporting its large population with high rice yields made possible through rich experience in growing rice. It would be rewarding to travel there and learn from them.”
Oct 24, 2018
China’s Agricultural Techniques Reach Out to Countries Along the Belt and Road
Why is Agricultural Cooperation along the Belt and Road necessary? How China’s techniques made the wheat yield growth in Pakistan?
Sep 3, 2018