YANGLING, China, Oct. 21, 2024 — The 31st China Yangling Agri High-Tech Fair will be held in Yangling City, Shaanxi Province, from October 25 to 29. The fair will focus on the theme of a new future for agriculture with new, high-quality productive forces.

The five-day event will feature exhibitions, conferences, investment and trade matchmaking, and new product launches. It will showcase international exchanges and cooperation, with over 1,800 companies from 49 countries participating, including SCO member states, the Netherlands, and Japan.

The fair will include a roundtable meeting on modern agricultural development in the SCO, with nine deputy ministerial-level officials from relevant countries in attendance. For the first time, all 26 countries, including the 10 SCO member states, 14 dialogue partner countries, and 2 observer countries, will participate in the fair. The event will integrate offline and online activities, combining indoor and outdoor events and coordinating domestic and international efforts by setting up four sections: indoor exhibition, field exhibition, online exhibition, and overseas exhibition.

The indoor exhibition, spanning 100,000 square meters, will showcase sections such as agricultural high-tech achievements, international agricultural exchange and cooperation, Shaanxi’s characteristic modern agriculture, practical agricultural technology promotion, smart agricultural machinery and equipment, famous, special, and excellent new products, agricultural culture, and a seed display and trading market.

The field exhibition will focus on showcasing agricultural technologies, varieties, and models. It will include 7 comprehensive demonstration sites and 13 visiting points throughout Yangling, offering a visual display of agricultural technological innovations in the city. Visitors can explore the Shaanxi farmland and soil pavilion, learning about high-standard farmland water-saving models and industrial models, the application and promotion of digital technology in farmland, plant restoration techniques, as well as the comprehensive applications and effects of microbial restoration techniques and soil improvement.

The fair will also include online exhibitions, conferences, transactions, and management activities. Live-streaming sales will be conducted, providing a full-service and immersive experience for exhibitors and participants. Audiences can stay informed and witness the fair’s grandeur without leaving their homes.

The overseas exhibition, relying on open platforms such as the SCO Agricultural Base and the Yangling free trade zone, is being held from October 15 to October 22 at the SCO Agricultural Base China (Shaanxi) Commodity Trading Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Almaty, Kazakhstan.

With an exhibition area of 1,500 square meters, the exhibition will feature special agricultural product displays, tasting areas, and business negotiation areas. Additionally, the 2nd Central Asia Shaanxi Apple Festival was held on October 17 at the SCO Agricultural Base China (Shaanxi) Commodity Trading Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, showcasing Shaanxi’s distinctive agricultural products, agricultural technologies, and agricultural machinery and promoting the fair overseas.

The China Yangling Agri High-Tech Fair was founded in 1994 and is one of the largest and most influential comprehensive agricultural sci-tech exhibitions in China.

Over the past 30 years, the fair has established close cooperation with over 70 countries and international organizations, conducting more than 500 international exchange activities. Diverse activities including the international cooperation week, multilateral roundtable meetings, events related with Belt and Road Initiative and SCO have attracted nearly 2000 overseas agricultural enterprises.

Since its establishment in Yangling, the SCO Agricultural Base has organized over 30 international exchange activities, including the SCO Agricultural Expo, SCO Agriculture Ministers Meeting, and SCO Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development Forum. The base has trained over 40,000 agricultural officials and experts. The China Yangling Agri High-Tech Fair has become an important platform and window for the country to open up its agriculture sector to the world.

Source: The Organizing Committee of China Yangling Agricultural Hi-Tech Fair

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