Southeast Asian countries strive to ensure stable food production

In recent years, the agricultural cooperation between ASEAN countries and China has been deepened, the content of cooperation has become more and more rich, and the forms of cooperation have continued to innovate.
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_ China Guangxi has built a test station for excellent varieties of foreign crops in ASEAN countries.
There are more than 750 new varieties of rice, vegetables and other excellent and new varieties that have been tested and demonstrated, with a promotion area of ​​more than 4 million mu, and more than 1,000 agricultural technicians have been trained for the country where the project is located
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In 2021, China and ASEAN countries will jointly host the China-ASEAN Agricultural Cooperation Forum and build agricultural cooperation parks in relevant countries
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Faced with the challenge of the epidemic, Southeast Asian countries have paid more attention to agricultural cooperation with China
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In order to help farmers alleviate the difficulty in selling agricultural products during the epidemic, the Thai government instructed the Thai trade promotion agency in China to pay attention to the sales situation of Chinese e-commerce platforms, so that Thai dealers can choose more online channels and create opportunities to increase the export of Thai goods to China
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Data from the Cambodia Rice Association shows that since Cambodian rice exporters participated in the first China International Import Expo, Cambodian rice exports to China have increased significantly, and China has become Cambodia's largest rice export market
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Chinese enterprises carry out aid agricultural technology cooperation projects in the Philippines, cultivate Philippine agricultural technology and management talents, and establish a rice seed industrialization company jointly with the Philippines to strengthen the demonstration of high-quality rice varieties and technology transfer, improve rice quality and unit yield, and improve the basis for rice planting facilities
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Philippine Ambassador to China Romana said that with the continuous progress in agricultural investment cooperation between the Philippines and China, China's agricultural investment in the Philippines has become an important force for the economic growth of the Philippines in various fields such as agriculture
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"Developing agricultural cooperation with China is the best choice for Southeast Asian countries at the moment
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" Hong Feng, vice president of Thailand's Chia Tai School of Management and chairman of Siam Think Tank, believes that China has made major strategic achievements in epidemic prevention and control, and is also a regional agricultural power.
Strengthen cooperation China's agricultural cooperation can help Southeast Asian countries increase food production, ensure food supply and transportation, and ensure food security
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(Bangkok, February 18, this newspaper)

"People's Daily" (page 16 on February 19, 2021)