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HARBIN,China,Oct. 5, 2022/PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

-This is reported by GAIN.

The World Agricultural Center (the "WAC"), a new global hub for agricultural

research, has opened its doors in Harbin, the capital city of China's

northeastern province Heilongjiang. The opening ceremony saw several prominent

industry figures deliver keynote speeches stressing the important role the WAC

will have in driving forward the development of the agricultural sector in

China and beyond.

The WAC builds on the legacy of the International Agricultural Technology

Innovation Center (IATIC), was built as a part of Heilongjiang's effort to

build itself into a thriving international hub for agricultural innovation. A

new, striking landmark for the city of Harbin, the World Agricultural Center is

the world's tallest building dedicated to agricultural research. The WAC is

equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for a host of frontier agriculture

research projects.

Global Headquarters of DBN officially settled in the "World Agricultural

Center", and introduced a number of international institutions such as the

International Black Soil Research Institute of the Food and Agriculture

Organization of the United Nations, the International Agricultural Economic

Research Center, and the International Agricultural Think Tank, and will be

built as the permanent site of the annual World Agricultural Economic Forum

here. As a result, China's agricultural field will work together to build the

world's agricultural science and technology innovation highland, and promote

world agriculture to China, and Chinese agriculture to the world.

Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences and DBN recently held a global

introduction conference for high-end agricultural talents. Liu Di, Dean of

Heilongjiang Academy of Agriculture Science, and Zhang Lizhong, Vice Chairman

of DBN Group, signed an agreement and jointly issued an announcement regarding

the introduction of high-end agricultural talent in China, concentrating on

corn, rice, soybeans, horticulture, and potatoes, as well as economic crops,

edible fungi, and other planning.

The Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences provides job requirements and

establishment, and DBN Group provides talent funds. About 80 international,

professional, and high-level agricultural high-end scientific research talents

are expected to be introduced to the world at five levels, aiming to benchmark

domestically developed regions. Match the introduction of talents at different

levels with the introduction treatment, and help the introduced talents obtain

the corresponding talent support qualifications of the "60 Items of Longjiang

Talent Revitalization in the New Era."

For more information, please visit GAIN (https://www.gainnovation.org.cn/en/).

SOURCE:Global Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Platform(GAIN)