With the active promotion of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the University of the Philippines Los Baños and the Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences have established a bi-directional research laboratory. The purpose of this laboratory is to conduct comprehensive research on tropical heat-resistant crop technology.
As early as 2010, due to the efforts of the Director of the Council of Agriculture, Hsu Hsueh-Yu, and Executive Advisor Mr. Gao Wu-Yang, the Guangdong Crop Institute and the University of the Philippines Los Baños had conducted high-level administrative and expert visits. Both parties were committed to the research of tropical and subtropical heat-resistant crop technology and felt that in order to carry out practical operations, regular technical discussions and exchanges were necessary, thus establishing a bi-directional joint laboratory became essential.
Recently, at the invitation of the University of the Philippines Los Baños, under the leadership of Hsu Hsueh-Yu and Gao Wu-Yang, Deputy Director Liu Xiao-Jin and several directors from the Guangdong Crop Society visited the University of the Philippines. After further discussions on cooperation details, a ceremony for the joint laboratory was held.
President LUIS REY VELASCO, Vice President ROBERTO F. RANOLA, and Dean DOMINGO E. ANGELES of the College of Agriculture warmly welcomed the guests. After careful discussions, a memorandum of cooperation was signed, and a successful ceremony for the joint laboratory was held. After years of effort, the China-Philippines Tropical and Subtropical Crop Heat-Resistant Technology Research Joint Laboratory has finally been established, and research work has officially commenced.
The Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry has been continuously working to revitalize agriculture, develop the economy, and support social construction, making significant contributions to strengthening civil exchanges between the Philippines and China, especially in facilitating close cooperation with the Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, with increasing results. Over the past ten years, both parties have frequently interacted, establishing effective cooperation bases and agricultural technology training centers.
