On 5 August 2025, Secretary General Shi Zhongjun of the ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) led a delegation to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Demonstration Base for Agricultural Technology Exchange and Training in the Yangling Agricultural High Tech Industries Demonstration Zone, Shaanxi Province, and held discussions with the Administrative Committee of the Yangling Demonstration Zone. Vice Mayor Ms. Li Fengzhi of Zhengzhou City, and representatives of Foreign Affairs Office of Shaanxi Province, Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, as well as Zhengzhou NongFa Group joined the visit.

The management team of the Administrative Committee of the Yangling Demonstration Zone shared achievements and experiences in establishing and developing the SCO Demonstration Base for Agricultural Technology Exchange and Training and its cooperation with Southeast Asian countries. Yangling looks forward to enhancing exchanges with the ACC and, by leveraging Yangling’s unique strengths in agricultural technology, training, location, and openness, further expanding cooperation with ASEAN countries in fields of smart agriculture, agricultural mechanization, and vocational education, etc.

SG Shi expressed that China, ASEAN, and Central Asian countries have great potential and share strong complementarities for agricultural cooperation. He affirmed that the ACC will continue to leverage its role as a bridge and platform to promote agricultural cooperation between ASEAN countries and Chinese localities, and deepening the full-value-chain collaboration to advance modern agriculture for the two sides.