According to a statement issued by the media wing of the Prime Minister’s Office, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited the Yangling Agricultural Technology Demonstration Base in Xi’an.
On this occasion, the Prime Minister was briefed regarding the work of the base. He was informed that the Hi-Tech Demonstration Zone was established in 2019 under the direction of President Xi Jinping. Currently, 142 Pakistani students are studying at Yangling Agricultural University, with 120 students having graduated from there.
The Prime Minister was further informed that research on agricultural commodities is ongoing in Pakistan in collaboration with Quaid-e-Azam University and Ayub Agriculture Research.
Additionally, the Prime Minister reviewed the method of cultivating vegetables through artificial light. He was told that the Yangling Agriculture Hi-Tech Industry and Demonstration Base is the first high-tech industrial development zone in China.
During the visit, the Prime Minister decided to send 1,000 students from Pakistan to the Yangling Agricultural Demonstration Base in China for advanced training in agriculture, at the government’s expense. He instructed the Pakistani ambassador in China and relevant authorities to finalize the project with the Chinese authorities.
Moreover, the Prime Minister invited North West Agriculture and Forestry University to open a campus in Pakistan and assured them of providing all kinds of support from the government of Pakistan. He was also given a tour of various parts of the base and the Pakistan Pavilion.
Furthermore, the Prime Minister was shown Pakistani products in the Pakistani Pavilion. Currently, 26 countries are cooperating in agricultural research at the Yangling Agricultural Demonstration Base, with Pakistan being the first country to cooperate there.
The briefing also provided information about Pakistani scientists and universities participating in the research. In his remarks, the Prime Minister emphasized that Pakistan is an agricultural country, and the government is striving for innovation in agriculture to increase production per acre.
