The unveiling ceremony of the China-Romania Joint Laboratory for Agricultural Cooperation was held at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Bucharest, Romania on the 25th. The laboratory was jointly built by the Institute of Agricultural Environment and Sustainable Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Bucharest, aiming to strengthen the pragmatic cooperative research between the two sides in agricultural science and technology innovation. Wu Kongming, member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China and President of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Han Chunlin, Chinese Ambassador to Romania, Tatomir, representative of the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Kempeanu, President of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Bucharest, attended the ceremony and delivered speeches.
In his speech, Wu Kongming reviewed the long history of agricultural cooperation between China and Romania and said that the establishment of the joint laboratory is an important milestone in the scientific and technological cooperation between the two sides. He said that the laboratory will become an agricultural research center, talent training center and achievement display center between China and Romania, and contribute to the development of green agriculture in the two countries. Tatomir said that education and research are key areas for the future development of Romanian agriculture. Through the joint laboratory, China will share its expertise and technology in greenhouse vegetable cultivation, and Romanian students will have the opportunity to learn about the latest breakthroughs in agricultural and horticultural technology.
Han Chunlin said in his speech that the construction of the joint laboratory is an important achievement of the "Belt and Road" Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan, which aims to promote agricultural science and technology innovation on both sides, deepen scientific and technological cultural exchanges, and jointly promote the improvement of people's livelihood. The demonstration and leading role of the joint laboratory is remarkable, and has had a positive impact in the Central and Eastern European region, and has provided strong support for cultural exchanges, technology promotion and production capacity cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries.
Kempeanu expressed his gratitude to the Chinese partners and looked forward to the continued deepening of cooperation between the two sides. He said that in the future, the two sides will strengthen cooperation in digitalization, intelligence and green sustainable development technologies to lay a solid foundation for agricultural science and technology innovation in the two countries. After the ceremony, representatives of both sides visited the joint laboratory, wher the energy-saving solar greenhouse, LED smart plant factory and edible fungus factory fully reflected the latest application of Chinese science and technology in the field of agriculture. Since 2019, with the support of the governments of China and Romania, the Institute of Agricultural Environment and Sustainable Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest have cooperated in the construction of the joint laboratory.After five years of close collaboration, the platform construction of the first and second phases of the joint laboratory in Romania has been successfully completed and put into operation, including a 500-square-meter solar greenhouse, a 50-square-meter artificial light plant factory, a 1,000-square-meter double-frame energy-saving greenhouse and a 75-square-meter edible fungus factory.
