The second East Asia plant resources symposium was held in Kunming

The second symposium on plant genetic resources in East Asia II, sponsored by Japan Society for the promotion of science, was held in Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences from August 27 to 28, 2010 The workshop is an important part of the JSPS project "cooperative research and educational center for plant resources in East Asia" launched in 2009 According to the project plan, an international academic conference will be held in China and Japan each year to strengthen academic exchanges between the two countries and promote cooperation between scientific research institutions of the two countries Eight researchers from Japan attended the seminar and made academic reports on the latest research progress in their respective fields In addition to Kunming Institute of Botany, there are also Shanghai Institute of medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Central University for nationalities, Yunnan University, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Yunnan Agricultural University, Yunnan College of traditional Chinese medicine, Kunming Medical College, etc Li debzhu, director of Kunming Institute of Botany, attended the meeting and delivered a speech, and academician sun Handong attended the whole meeting There were 19 excellent academic reports in this seminar, covering the research fields of plant germplasm resources, plant chemistry, new drug research and development, which enabled everyone to learn knowledge and broaden their horizons Through the exchange of this seminar, the mutual understanding between Chinese and Japanese researchers was promoted During the seminar, the scientific researchers of both sides also had extensive discussions on areas of common interest, and formed a number of cooperation intentions, laying the foundation for further cooperation in the future The project of "cooperative research and educational center for plant resources in East Asia" funded by Japan Association for academic revitalization is jointly applied by researcher long Chunlin of Kunming Institute of Botany and Professor Kato incorruptible of Okayama University The implementation period of the project is 60 months It is mainly devoted to the cultivation of talents in the field of plant resources and plant genetic resources research, and promoting mutual exchange and cooperation.