Agricultural Experts in Laos and China Meet in Xuanye and Three Parties Step Forward Cooperative Target

On September 17, 2018, Xu Guowu, Chairman of Xuanye Company, invited Fang Baohua, deputy director of the Rice Research Institute of Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences; Gong Haoru, deputy research fellow; Liu Yang, the assistant research fellow; Mr. Pintara Pumanion and Ms. Saipin Kangbanna from Ministry of Agriculture in Laos; Mr. Santana Petaeon from Agricultural and Forestry Research Institute, and other agricultural experts to meet and discuss at the company’s headquarters.

At the meeting, Chairman Xu Guowu gave the report on the current situation of the company’s agricultural development in Laos in recent years, the difficulties it faces and its future plans. The participants exchanged views on the current agricultural situation in Laos and how the three parties accelerate the development of agricultural cooperation and put forward suggestions.

Xu Guowu said that the tripartite cooperation can not only help improve the output and quality of rice in Laos, but also promote the cooperation in agricultural science and technology between Laos and Hunan province， as well as enhance the development of agricultural science and technology in both places. At present,. the tripartite cooperation agreement has been signed under the witness of Laos Deputy Minister of Buang Barisa and Hunan’s Standing Committee Zhang Jianfei. in Laos. This is the first successful step and is of great significance and responsibility. This meeting and discussion is not only a welcome meeting for Lao agricultural experts who attend training and exchange in Hunan, but also a farewell meeting for Hunan agricultural experts to officially enter Laos. It is also a deployment meeting to foster the implementation of the tripartite cooperation It is hoped that Xuanye Company and Hunan-Laos agricultural experts will cooperate sincerely, overcome all difficulties, fully push forward the implementation of cooperation projects, and bear fruits of cooperation as soon as possible, so as to realize the goals of win-win cooperation to ensure the agricultural technology to “go global” and the high-quality products to “be brought back”, and to better benefit the people of both places without living up to the trust and expectation of the leaders of Lao government and Hunan provincial government.