基地新闻

China's agri hi-tech zone Yangling shares more than know-how with SCO

In early June, a demonstration apple orchard featuring Chinese dwarf rootstock technology officially opened in Kara-Balta, Chuy Region, Kyrgyzstan, creating a new platform for the large-scale application of this cultivation technique in Central Asia. 

This initiative reflects the broader efforts by Yangling, an agricultural high-tech demonstration zone in west China's Shaanxi Province, to establish the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Demonstration Base for Agricultural Technology Exchange and Training.

Over the past six years, the base has significantly accelerated the sharing of agricultural technologies between Yangling and SCO member states. Its technological demonstration effect has expanded, fostering deeper international exchanges and promoting agricultural international trade.

Currently, Yangling has established 10 overseas agricultural technology demonstration parks in SCO countries, covering an area of over 30 million mu (approximately 5 million acres). It has dispatched 73 expert teams comprising over 190 specialists, conducting comparative experiments on 115 high-quality crop varieties and integrating and demonstrating efficient cultivation techniques.

This year, Yangling has exported fresh fruit to more than ten countries, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia, with shipments encompassing over ten varieties such as kiwi, blueberry, lemon, grape, navel orange, and sweet melon, totaling nearly 5,600 tons.

During this six-year period, Yangling has attracted renowned international companies, such as McCain Foods, and foreign institutions like the Uzbekistan Commodity Exchange, through its free trade and comprehensive bonded zones. 

Meanwhile, an e-commerce platform for agricultural products from SCO countries has been launched, exploring trade in grains and bulk agricultural products via China-Europe freight trains.

The China Yangling Agricultural Hi-Tech Fair, which has been held for 31 consecutive sessions, has increasingly highlighted "SCO elements" and successfully hosted three SCO agriculture expositions, with participation from all 26 member states. 

Efforts have driven over 2,000 commodities from SCO countries into the domestic market. The fair has also innovatively hosted overseas exhibitions, showcasing more than 100 agricultural products from Shaanxi, resulting in intentions to export 100,000 apple saplings and securing contracts worth over 30 million yuan.

Yangling is now rapidly stepping onto the world stage, allowing Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions for modern agricultural development to continuously benefit the SCO member states.

To date, Yangling has completed 124 training sessions, educating over 2,500 agricultural technology staff and management personnel, and facilitating online learning for 48,000 participants through remote technology lectures. Via collaborative educational projects and overseas branches, it has trained over 300 international graduate and doctoral students in agriculture, along with 200 vocational education students.

On June 5, Wahid Ali Haskeli, an agricultural official participating in Pakistan's agricultural talent training program, took time between classes to work with faculty and students at Northwest A&F University harvest wheat seedlings. 

"Here I have seen China's innovative results tailored to local conditions. I hope to learn technologies for water conservation and enhancing food security, further improving agricultural productivity in Pakistan," he said.

农科城杨凌为“上合组织”贡献中国农业智慧

6月初，上合组织农业基地中吉苹果示范园在吉尔吉斯斯坦楚河州卡拉巴尔塔市建成投用，为推动中国矮砧密植苹果栽培技术在中亚地区的规模化应用搭建了新平台。

而这，正是中国杨凌建设上海合作组织农业技术交流培训示范基地的一个缩影。 （以下简称：上合组织农业基地）

上合组织农业基地落地六年来，杨凌加快推动与上合组织国家农业技术共享，基地科技示范效应持续放大，并持续深化对外交流，推动农业国际贸易走深走实。

目前，杨凌已在上合组织国家建成10个境外农业科技示范园区，辐射面积达3000多万亩。同时，先后派出73批次、190余名专家团队，完成115个优良农作物品种的品比试验和高效栽培技术集成与示范。

据悉，杨凌今年已向哈萨克斯坦、吉尔吉斯斯坦、格鲁吉亚、俄罗斯等10余个国家出口鲜果，涉及猕猴桃、蓝莓、柠檬、葡萄、脐橙、甜瓜、沃柑等10多个种类，共计近5600吨。

六年中，依托杨凌自贸片区、综合保税区，吸引了麦肯等一批世界知名企业和俄罗斯联邦总商会、乌兹别克斯坦商品原料交易所等一批国外机构落地杨凌。上合组织国家农产品电商平台正式开通，依托中欧班列探索开展粮食、大宗农产品贸易等业务，经贸合作进一步扩大。京东俄罗斯国家馆落户基地，年均销售额超过2亿元。

连续举办31届的杨凌农高会“上合元素”不断凸显，成功举办3届上合组织农业博览会，上合组织26个国家全部参展。推动上合组织国家2000多种商品进入国内市场。创新举办农高会海外展，展示陕西100多种涉农产品，达成出口苹果苗木10万株意向，签约金额突破3000万元。

如今的杨凌正加快走向世界的步伐，让现代农业发展的“中国智慧”“中国方案”源源不断惠及上合组织国家“大家庭”。

当前，杨凌已累计进行培训项目124期，培训农业技术管理人员2500多名，远程技术讲座累计4.8万人次在线学习。通过合作办学、海外分校等教育合作项目，培养农业硕博士留学生300多名，职教学生200名。

6月5日，正在参加巴基斯坦农业“千人计划”培训项目的农业官员瓦希德·阿里·哈斯凯利，在课余时间与西北农林科技大学农学院的师生们一起收割小麦良种。“在这里我看到了中国因地制宜的创新成果，希望学习后，能了解节约用水和加强粮食安全的科技，进一步提高巴基斯坦的农业生产力。”他说。