2023 World Agrifood Innovation Conference opens in Beijing

Tang Renjian, secretary of the Party Group and minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said the Chinese government has always attached great importance to agricultural technological innovation, implementing the strategy of innovation-driven development, aiming to build an agricultural powerhouse, promoting self-reliance and self-sufficiency in agricultural science and technology, providing solid and strong technological support for stable production and supply, accelerating the promotion and application of technologies for sustainable agricultural development, and making solid progress in the research and development of basic technologies.

He said, "A new round of agricultural technological revolution characterized by biotechnology and information technology is incubating major breakthroughs. We hope that all sides will take concerted action to safeguard food security and promote sustainable agricultural development with more efficient, greener, and smarter agricultural technologies."

The theme of the 2023 WAFI is "Food Security and Future Agriculture." Experts such as QU Dongyu, director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and Kenneth Quinn, honorary chairman of the World Food Prize Foundation, delivered speeches, encouraging all parties to share the latest achievements, promote cooperation and transformation of industry, academia, and research, and cultivate new driving forces for global agricultural development.