On 11 December 2020, the 8th Regional Forum on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Asia and the Pacific, which was hosted by Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (CSAM), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific was held online. Experts and representatives from Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Qinghai Provincial Government of China, and Alibaba etc. attended the event. Mr. Guo Chuanwei, Director of Trade and Investment Division of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) attended the Forum upon invitation. 
 

Participantsfrom relevant organisations briefed on efforts made to enhance food security, provide nutrition for the vulnerables, preserve biological diversity and improve quality control in food manufacturing. They also sharedChina’s experience on ensuring food transportation and logistics during the COVID-19 pandemic and had fruitful discussion on how to coordinate food safety and agricultural bio-diversity.