With an aim to treat worse and worse harm by the soil-transmitting diseases in China’s planting industry, on 13 Sept., 2015, the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IPP, CAAS) held a Spot Viewing Meeting of Prevention and Control Technologies for Soil-transmitting Diseases in China in Anqiu City, Shandong Province. A new technology, soil steaming, is proved suitable for the situation in China.
On 17 March, 2015, the Head of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Li Jiayang, met with the Global Chief Executive Officer of Dow AgroSciences LLC (Dow), Tim Hassinger. The two exchanged ideas about their cooperation in the field of agricultural technology.