Digital Agriculture Expo Boosts Global Cooperation
The 2024 World Expo on Digital Agriculture, organized by the Foreign Economic Cooperation Center of China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, wrapped up on Monday in Chengdu, located in southwest China. This event highlighted cutting-edge innovations in smart agriculture technology and acted as a venue to promote collaboration among countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative.
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The 2024 World Expo on Digital Agriculture, organized by the Foreign Economic Cooperation Center of China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, wrapped up on Monday in Chengdu, located in southwest China. The event highlighted cutting-edge developments in smart agriculture technology and aimed to promote collaboration with countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative.
The expo attracted nearly 100,000 attendees, with various live-streaming activities drawing over 10 million online views and exceeding 2 million interactions.
Featuring six significant exhibition areas—including smart agriculture, digital countryside, and rural and cross-border e-commerce—the event showcased over 100 Chinese companies alongside more than 20 international companies from seven nations and regions, each presenting their latest innovations in smart agriculture.
The expo also hosted 17 events, such as product launches, presentations of scientific and technological achievements, and project signings.
Furthermore, representatives from ASEAN countries and officials from international organizations shared insights on smart agricultural development during the second China-ASEAN Digital Agriculture Forum, which was held alongside the expo. The discussions were aimed at examining global trends in agricultural digitization to support the revitalization of rural areas and enhance high-quality agricultural development as part of the Belt and Road Initiative.
Ahmad Safuan Bujang, director of the Engineering Research Center at the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, noted that Malaysia can gain valuable insights from China's extensive farming practices and advanced agricultural technologies in an interview with CN.
In addressing the forum's goal of digital innovation, Macro Silvestri, deputy head of the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, emphasized the importance of fostering collaboration among Asia-Pacific countries to tackle agricultural challenges.
Jessica Kline for TROIB News
The expo attracted nearly 100,000 attendees, with various live-streaming activities drawing over 10 million online views and exceeding 2 million interactions.
Featuring six significant exhibition areas—including smart agriculture, digital countryside, and rural and cross-border e-commerce—the event showcased over 100 Chinese companies alongside more than 20 international companies from seven nations and regions, each presenting their latest innovations in smart agriculture.
The expo also hosted 17 events, such as product launches, presentations of scientific and technological achievements, and project signings.
Furthermore, representatives from ASEAN countries and officials from international organizations shared insights on smart agricultural development during the second China-ASEAN Digital Agriculture Forum, which was held alongside the expo. The discussions were aimed at examining global trends in agricultural digitization to support the revitalization of rural areas and enhance high-quality agricultural development as part of the Belt and Road Initiative.
Ahmad Safuan Bujang, director of the Engineering Research Center at the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute, noted that Malaysia can gain valuable insights from China's extensive farming practices and advanced agricultural technologies in an interview with CN.
In addressing the forum's goal of digital innovation, Macro Silvestri, deputy head of the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, emphasized the importance of fostering collaboration among Asia-Pacific countries to tackle agricultural challenges.
Jessica Kline for TROIB News
