The 4th Sino-European Agricultural Seminar was convened from September 25th to 27th,  in Yinchuan, the capital city of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The meeting was jointly hosted by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the People’s Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and the China-EU Association, Madame Wuyun Qimuge, President of the China-EU Association, Mr. Qu Dongyu, Vice President of the People’s Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Mr. Li Jianping, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and Madame Liu Shu, Former Vice President of the China Association of Science and Technology attended the opening ceremony. Some 160 guests from 7 European countries including UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Romania, as well as from 6 Chinese western provinces and regions attended this seminar.

The theme of this seminar is “Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Building Agricultural Products Safety Management Systems”. The participants had broad and in-depth discussion on new models in the field of sustainable and intensified development of agriculture and agricultural products safety management systems. European participants had on-site visits of local agricultural projects and formed many preliminary intents for cooperation with Chinese institutes and companies through a match-making session. The conclusive paper --Ningxia Declaration and Guideline for Action were declared at the closing ceremony.