On September 16th, the 7th China ASEAN Agricultural Cooperation Forum was held in Nanning, Guangxi. The theme of this forum is "Deepening Agricultural Cooperation and Building a New Growth Pole: Opportunities, Challenges, and Responses to Agricultural Development between China and ASEAN". The attending guests engaged in dialogue and exchange around areas such as green agricultural development, regional food security, poverty reduction and rural revitalization, and smart agriculture.
This year is the year of cooperation between China and ASEAN in agricultural development and food security. In his speech, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Tang Renjian stated that China, together with all parties, has taken the opportunity of implementing the Joint Declaration on China ASEAN Food Security Cooperation to promote continuous deepening and implementation of agricultural cooperation, successfully implementing multiple activities such as digital agriculture, poverty reduction and rural construction, and agricultural economy and trade, achieving a series of results. According to statistics, in the first half of 2023, China imported 125.08 billion yuan of agricultural products from ASEAN, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%.
The relevant attendees highly praised China's contribution to agricultural exchanges and cooperation with ASEAN countries, and hoped that all parties can work together to address multiple challenges such as tight agricultural supplies and sluggish agricultural product trade, further deepen mutually beneficial agricultural cooperation, safeguard the food supply chain, enhance the value chain, and jointly maintain regional food security.
