October 12 of 2018, President of HAAFS Zhang Tielong and Vice-president Zhang Jianjun attended the second meeting of the Third Round Science and Technology Innovation Exchange of municipal academies of agricultural sciences which was held in the New District of Beidaihe in Hebei Province. The participants from every municipal academy of agricultural sciences all over the province exchanged views on how to enhance collaboration and improve innovation ability to give full play for the role of academy system in supporting agriculture development with science and technology.
President Zhang pointed out in his speech, the agricultural research organizations across the province should in-depth study and implement CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instruction on the work of “agriculture, rural areas and farmers”, act in accordance with the work arrangement of the provincial party committee and provincial government to strengthen deep cooperation and exchange and give respective characteristics and advantages into full play, and actively adapt to the shift from production orientation to quality orientation and improve overall capacity for scientific and technological innovation according to the demand of agricultural supply-side structure reform; take the construction of science and technology demonstration base and technical demonstration as a grasp in display and promoting advanced practical technologies, boosting the integration of three industries, assisting the establishment of regional brand, enterprise brand, product brand and upgrading the quality of service. He sincerely hopes the agricultural research institutions in provincial level and municipal level shall form a joint force to make the positive contributions to accelerate the development of hi-tech agriculture, green agriculture, quality agriculture and brand agriculture in Hebei province.
The directors of president office and division of science and technology participated in the meeting.