China helps fight farm pests naturally

China will promote agricultural pest control technologies in more developing countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative to help them fight threats and increase farm yields in an environmentally friendly way, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences said.

The academy is planning to build joint technology transfer centers and laboratories focused on agricultural cooperation along with these countries to facilitate cooperation with China, Wan Fanghao, chief scientist at the academy's Institute of Plant Protection, said on Monday.

"We will transfer our technologies, including fighting pests with their natural enemies, to these countries. Together with local researchers, we will develop leading technologies, such as green bio-protection products and bio-pesticides, that are in line with local agricultural development," Wan said on the sidelines of the First International Congress of Biological Control, hosted by the academy in Beijing. The congress opened on Monday.