Mr. Yu Xinrong, Chairman of the Board of Directors, was invited to give a lecture at Peking University

Release date：2023/04/13　　Source： CCAP

On the afternoon of April 11, 2023, the 40th Lecture of Future Agriculture Lecture Hall of Peking University and the 154th Lecture of CCAP International Eminent Scholars were successfully held. Yu Xinrong, Chairman of China Agricultural Green Development Research Society, member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and former Deputy Secretary of the Party Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, was invited to give a lecture titled "Certain Issues in Promoting Agricultural Green Development". The lecture was hosted by Professor Huang Ji-Kun, Director of Peking University's Institute of New Rural Development and Professor of Peking University's School of Modern Agriculture, and was attended by more than 2,000 students and teachers either offline or online.Wiley Research Services, as an exclusive partner of Peking University's "Future Agriculture Lecture Hall," provided support for the live broadcast of the lecture online. Wiley Research Services, as the exclusive partner of "Future Agriculture Lecture Hall" of Peking University, provided support for the online broadcast of this lecture.

First, Mr. Yu Xinrong, Chairman of the Board of Directors, systematically reviewed the background of the theoretical innovation of China's agricultural green development. He pointed out that the green development of agriculture is both a young undertaking and an inheritance of the excellent traditional Chinese farming civilization. The green development of agriculture has changed the crude production mode of "resource and consumption" in the process of China's agricultural modernization, and has provided a lasting impetus for the construction of a strong agricultural country. At the same time, the green development of agriculture is also a summary of China's agricultural practice and innovation, providing a Chinese solution for the sustainable development of world agriculture.

Subsequently, Mr. Yu Xinrong, Chairman of the Board of Directors, deeply elaborated the scientific connotation of green agricultural development, which is mainly summarized in five aspects, namely, "taking the green development concept as the leader, respecting the nature as the premise, integrating economic, social and ecological benefits as the basic principle, and taking the green scientific and technological innovation and institutional innovation as the driving force, to realize the multi-objective development of food security, resource-efficient, environmentally-friendly, affluent and healthy". Synergistic development". He pointed out that agricultural green development as a long-term, strategic and leading change, market demand, scientific and technological innovation and policy mechanism is the main driving force for the evolution of agricultural green development, especially emphasized that "Biotechnology (BT) + Information Technology (IT) + Advanced Manufacturing" Agricultural Science and Technology 3.0 is the core driving force for agricultural green development. Finally, Mr. Yu Xinrong pointed out that

Finally, Mr. Yu Xinrong, Chairman of the Board of Directors, pointed out the mission and responsibility of promoting the green development of agriculture. The first is to improve scientific understanding, the second is to deepen scientific and technological innovation, the third is to strengthen policy research, and the fourth is to cultivate professionals. He called on more young people to devote themselves to the fields related to agricultural green development and contribute to this young cause.

During the Q&A session, in response to the questions from teachers and students, Mr. Yu Xinrong gave detailed answers to hot issues such as the construction of agricultural carbon sink market and the accounting of agricultural carbon footprint, which further deepened the audience's understanding of the key issues of China's agricultural green development.

At the end of the lecture, Prof. Huang Jikun summarized the lecture of Chairman Yu Xinrong and encouraged teachers and students to rely on the superiority of Peking University's Agricultural Economics and Management platform to carry out in-depth academic and policy research on issues related to the green development of agriculture, and to promote the construction of disciplines related to the green development of agriculture.