Kick-off Meeting of “Research on International Cooperative Development Strategy of China’s Agriculture in the Context of “the Belt and Road” Strategy ” project was jointly held by Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development and Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, CAAS and College of Economics& Management, Huazhou Agricultural University on April 16 in Wuhan. This project was co-chaired by Fang Zhiyuan, academician of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Fu Tingdong, academician of Huazhong Agricultural University. Hu Zhiquan, the researcher of our Institute, doctor Qian Jingfei and Li Lei, associate researcher of Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, as the sponsor, attended the kick-off meeting. Nearly 100 leaders, experts, teachers and students from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Huazhou Agricultural University, Yunnan Agricultural University, Guangxi University and Wuhan University attended the meeting. 　　　
　　　Research Hu Zhiquan reported the design, organization and division of the project, and introduced the early research results of research group, overall research tasks and target, research method and research proposal, expected results and examination index with the theme of “Research on International Cooperative Development Strategy of China’s Agriculture in the Context of “the Belt and Road” Strategy ”.
　　　Gao Zhongqi, the director of First Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and several academicians, including Fu Tongdong, Yu Shuxun, Chen Zongmao, Luo Xiwen, Zhu Yingguo, Chen Jianping, Li Tianlai and Deng Xiuxin, serving as the project consultants, fully affirmed and highly appreciated the report and the preliminary work of the research group, thought that this project had the important application value and guidance significance in promoting the implementation of “the Belt and Road” agricultural international cooperative development strategy of our country, and carried out a heated discussion on the main contents and implementation of the project.