Guests pose for a photo at the The Future Agriculture Parallel Forum. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The 2019 Zhongguancun Forum-Future Agriculture Parallel Forum was held in the Jingyi Hall of the Conference Center of the Zhongguancun Exhibition Center on Oct 16.

Aim to become a high-end international forum

Being as equally famous as the Boao Forum for Asia, the Zhongguancun Forum has been around for 12 years and has had significant international and domestic influence. Founded in 2007, the forum aims to become a high-level international forum with influence in the high-tech field.

Zhongguancun Forum is dedicated to building a global forum for the exchanges of innovative ideas and concepts, a leading platform for new technologies and new industries, and a platform for the release and trading of new technologies and products at home and abroad, so as to promote innovative development, strengthen international cooperation, attract more resources and talents, and provide strong support for China to build an innovative country and a world-class technology power.

In the 70th anniversary of the founding of new China, the Future Agriculture Parallel Forum was held for the first time

In the 70th anniversary of the founding of new China, to implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress and the strategy of rural vitalization, the Future Agriculture Parallel Forum was held for the first time.

How can technological innovation help agriculture, and how can agriculture integrate future industrial changes? How to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements through policies, models and technological innovations, so as to realize the future development of agriculture has become a global topic.

A number of industrial leaders sponsored and undertook the forum

The Future Agriculture Parallel Forum was led by AgriGarden, co-sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haidian District People's Government and Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, and undertaken by the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Haidian District Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, AgriGarden and Sino-Ocean Group. The industrial leaders sponsored and undertook the forum to promote the development of future agriculture.

Experts gathered to discuss the development of agriculture and rural vitalization

The participating guests included famous scientists, entrepreneurs, enterprises, investors and agricultural counselors from China, the United States, Japan, the Netherlands and other countries and regions.

They shared the cutting-edge agricultural science and technology and the future development directions of agriculture, and decided to strengthen cooperation in research and development, innovation, academic exchanges, venture capital investment and the transformation of technological achievements.