》》Guests:
Liu Yunxia
Liu Yunxia, who started to work in April 1970 and joined the Communist Party of China in May 1979, is an on-the-job graduate student of Sichuan Provincial Party School. He once served as deputy director of the Organization Department of Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, secretary and chief of the Party Committee of Sichuan Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau, member of the Standing Committee of Sichuan Committee of Provincial Political Consultative Conference (Sichuan Committee of CPPCC), and deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Overseas of Sichuan Committee of CPPCC. He is currently the vice president of China Inspection and Testing Society. After retiring to the second line, he served as the leader and deputy leader of the expert group for many times, and participated in the quality evaluation of the China QualityAward,vice-provincial cities and prefectural-level cities. He has published many articles in the People's Daily and Qiushi magazine.
Korn Dabbaransi
1974-1975 Secretary to Foreign Minister (First Step in Political Career Path)1976 Secretary toIndustry Minister
1980 Special Advisor to Industry Minister
1983-2004 Elected Member of the House
1986 Deputy Minister of Industry •Initiated the campaign “Food for the World”
1988 -1991 Minister of Tourism, Energy, and Investment
1992 Chairman of the House Committee on Industry
1994 Minister of Energy •Promoted the usage of the local natural gas in various industries
1995 Chairman of the House Committee on Energy
1996 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Energy
1996 -2006 President of American University Alumni Association
1998 -present President of Thai-Chinese Friendship Association
1998 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health
•Initiated the campaign “Clean Food, Good Health”
•Promoted Thai Herbal Products for Export Market
2002 Deputy Prime Minister
• Was the key person to promote cooperation with India, which led to the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Signing Ceremony in Bangkok in October 2003.
2004 Minister of Science and Technology
2004-present President of Suan Sunantha Rachabhat University
Niu Qingbao
Deputy Mayor and Party Member of Chengdu Municipal Government (2 years of taking a temporary post). Responsible for foreign affairs and other work, assisting in the recruitment of foreign investment. He is in charge of the Foreign Affairs Office of Chengdu Municipal Government (Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of Chengdu Municipal Government), assists in charge of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Chengdu Municipal Government, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and other units; contacts Chengdu Returned Overseas Chinese Federation, Federation of Taiwan Compatriots and other units.
Huang Jingyi
Current President of China Good Agri-products Development & Service Association. Having been engaged in media work and engaged in brand research and promotion for many years, being one of the earliest brand experts to introduce the concept of Regional Brand into agriculture field and promote it in China. In recent years, she is a Member of SAC/TC 532, as well as being the Group Leader of Agriculture Team on the Brand Value Promotion Research Project, and conducted research on agriculture brand value promotion and sustainable development.
Aziz Arya
Aziz Arya has a MPhil in Development Economics from the University of Oxford, UK, a MSC in Applied Environmental Economics from SOAS/IMPERIAL College, the University of London and a BSc in Agricultural Economics and Management from the University of Reading in the UK. Mr. Arya has over 22 years consecutive experience with FAO/UN in developing projects, programs, policy and institutional analysis in over 30 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa. Key researchinterestsarefood security,resiliencemeasurement and sustainabledevelopment.
Wang Xin
Senior engineer, former director of the Import and Export Commodity Inspection and Supervision Department of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China, former deputy director of Anhui Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, director of Gansu Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, chairman and president of China Certification & Inspection Group (Hong Kong), and now the presidentof China Entry& Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association.
Shaikh Azam Usman
Executive Chairman of India-China Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Vice President of International Islam TradeOrganization, Government Officer
Andrei Proutskikh
Born inAugust 1972 in Russia, PhD in Linguistics1996, Graduated from Irkutsk Language University, Russia (Chinese, English)
1998, Graduated from University of International Business and Economics (International Trade)
2000, Graduated from the Orientalism Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (PhD)
2001-2019, Director of Teaching and Research Section of Language Training, Lake Baikal State University, Russia
2005 – 2012, Assistant Chairman of Industrialist Committee of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
2010-2012, Governor Adviser of Irkutsk, Russia
2013-2015, Expert of the Economic and Humanistic Team of the Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (Beijing)
2016 – 2019, Chief Representative of Chelyabinskaya Oblast Government in China
2016, Assistant Chairman of Russia-China Friendship Association
2019, Dean of the College of Humanities, St. Petersburg State University of Economics
Tel: +7-914-898-86-36, +86-132-411-27-877
E-mail: proutskikh@yahoo.com
Zhang Lubiao
Dr. Zhang Lubiao is the Director General of the Agricultural Trade Promotion Centre (ATPC) of the Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs (MARA) of PR China since November 2017. Mr. Zhang also serves as the Secretary-General of the CCPIT-Ag as well as CCIC-Ag. Mr. Zhang previously served in a number of progressively senior roles spanning more than 25 years at MARA where he most recently held the position of Executive Director of the China Office for Agricultural Going-Global Initiative, where he was responsible for BIT, FDI, Belt & Road Initiative, and foreign aids. Mr. Zhang had an extensive career on international development, holding key positions at the provincial, national and international levels in the fields of agricultural investment & trade, economic research, and rural development as Deputy Mayor, DG/DDG for Int’l Department of CAAS/MARA, Lead Shepherd of APEC, and Secretary-Generalof CGIAR-China. Mr. Zhang received his PhD in agricultural economics from Nanjing Ag University. He won Robert S. McNamara Fellowship plus 2 Spot Awards by the World Bank and Walter O. Spofford. Jr.Fellowship by RFF.
Tang Ke
Director General of Department of Market and Economic Information of Ministry of Agricultureand RuralAffairs of China
Sudsakorn Pattarakulnit
Director General of Rice Department of Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative of Thailand
Daniel Owassa
Ambassador of theRepublic of theCongo tothe Embassy of the Republic of Congo
Yvonne McDowell
AgricultureConsular of USA's Consul inChengdu
Chen Cungen
Former Deputy General Secretary of State Organs Work Committee of the CPC, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Northwest A&F University; started working in June 1970 and joined the Communist Party of China in March 1985. Former deputy secretary (ministerial level) of the Working Committee of Central State Organs and chairman of Trade Union Federation.
Zhang Huarong
Director General of China Green Food Development Center. He has successively held the posts of Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Farmers’ Daily, Deputy Director of China Green Food Development Center, Director of High Quality Agricultural Product Development Service Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, Director of Agricultural Product Quality Safety Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, Vice President of China Green Food Association, Vice President of China Good Agri-products Development & Service Association, etc.
Gu Yaoping
Founder of the Organic Food and Life, Secretary-General of China Organic Conference, Deputy Secretary-General of the Conference on World Rural Revival, and Chief Executive of Public Relations Affairs of the DevelopmentCenter of Guarding the Earth.
Li Tienan
He is the General Manager, Ph.D./Researcher, who took charge of the Chairman of the ISO Standardization Technical Committee (ISO/TC257), Vice President of the ISO Quality Management and Quality Assurance Technical Committee (ISO/TC176), APEC Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation Chairman of the Expert Group (APEC/EGEE&C), member of the Board of Directors of the International Energy Efficiency Assessment Organization (EVO), etc.; Meanwhile, he has led the development of quality management systems, energy management systems and other national and international standards with significant influence, who is the senior standardization expert in China,energy management expert and the founder of China's energy-saving product certification system.
Chen Xinping
Professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Resources and Environment, Southwest University. Mainly engaged in research on nutrient resource management also serves as Yangtze River Scholar Distinguished Professor of Ministry of Education, National “Ten Thousand Talents Program” Leading Talent for Science and Technology Innovation, Leader of Innovation Team of Ministry of Science and Technology, Outstanding Talent of Scientific Research of the Ministry of Agriculture, Expert of National Corn Industry Technology System, Leading Expert of Chongqing Chief Expert Studio, Dean of Chongqing Key Laboratory. He has presided over more than 10 key projects such as the 973 projects, the special project of public welfare profession, and the National Natural Science Foundation. He has published more than 200 papers in SCI journals such as Nature and PNAS, and published 14 monographs.
Dr. Jack Chen
Dr. Jack Chen studied in the Department of Chinese Language of Xi'an International University and Northwest University in his early years. He had been engaged in foreign affairs, foreign economy and foreign trade for 14 years in the Shaanxi Provincial Government. In early 1996, he was sent to the United States by the Shaanxi Provincial Government to set up a window company, China Bookstore, and establish Tangdu International Enterprises Inc., USA, in which he served as the general manager. At the end of 2012, he was appointed Secretary-General of the American Union of Modern Agricultural Technology. At the end of 2014, he was appointed Secretary-General of the Preparatory Committee of China ModernAgricultural Technology Alliance. In August 2017, he was appointed the strategic advisor of the Strategic Planning Office of the International Economic Exchange Center of the State Council. In May 2018, he was appointed Director of the International Exchange Center of the National Brand Committee of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission of China. In June 2018, he was appointed Executive Vice-President and Director of International Cooperation of LOCPG Academy of Agricultural Sciences. In September 2018, he was appointed honorary president of the Shaanxi Shangluo Overseas Chinese Merchants’ Federation. In May 2019, he was appointed the Advisor on Modern Agriculture of Beijing Municipal Commission of RuralAffairs.
Yang Xin
He is the President of the Pujiang Organic Industry Association, a new farmer in the organic field who was born in 1980s, a member of Chengdu Youth Federation, a deputy to the County People's Congress, the founder of Taihe Organic Kiwifruit, and the director of Yangxin Organic Agriculture Institute.Graduated from Sichuan Agricultural University, he has been engaged in kiwifruit standardized production and research for 13 years. He is a determined practitioner of China's organic and low-carbon sustainable agriculture and is determined to strive for the development of China's organic agriculture all his life.
Fan Peikang
Member of the Communist Party of China, master degree candidate and senior economist. He served successively as Deputy Director and Director of the International Liaison Department of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), Deputy Secretary General of the Cross-Strait Economic and Trade Coordination Committee, Editor-in-Chief and President of the China Trade News, Deputy Director of Publicity and Publication Center and the Center for Trade Promotion and Exchange of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and the Head of the Integrated Department and Member Department and Director of Integrated Business Department of the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC), etc. He has worked in service trade investment promotion for 30 years, engaged in a large number of foreign exchanges, event organization, exhibition planning, media management, organization management and other trade promotion in administration, institution, enterprise, community and other positions. He once presided over the editing and publishing of convention and exhibition research, exhibition economic reports, planned and promoted the classification and identification of industry exhibitions, launched the annual news selection of exhibitions and established the news comment column of "Big Exhibition Show"; besides, he delivered comments on articles, participated in exhibition industry group standards drafting, joined in brand selection of quality agricultural products, organized and operated dozens of large-scale high-end international trade and economic exhibition activities. He is currently the Editor-in-chief of the China Trade News Agency directly subordinate to the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT).
Zhang Dianming
Business Director and Associate Research Fellow of the Commercial Certification Office of the Commercial Certification Center of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT). He graduated from Wuhan University with a bachelor degree in Applied Mathematics, and obtained a master degree in Military Management from the Information Engineering University. He transferred to CCPIT in 2015. He served as the Deputy Director of the General Section of the Commercial & Legal Service Center and the Deputy Director of the General Section of the Commercial Certification Center of CCPIT, responsible for general affairs, article writing and information construction.
Kukushkin Vadim
Graduated from Moscow University with a Master's degree in Oriental History and International Relations. Chief representative of the Public Joint Stock Company Promsvyazbank Beijing Representative Office (2007-2016) and is currently the chief representative of the Joint Stock Company Russian Agricultural Bank Beijing Representative Office (2016-present). Familiar with banking business, with rich experience in bank representative office management.
Jiang Yatong
Former soldier, he served as the Director of Guangdong Enterprise Bureau of General Logistics Department of the People's Liberation Army and the Chairman of Guangdong Junxing Enterprise Group co., LTD. Having worked overseas for 10 years and visited more than 150 countries and regions, He has an in-depth understanding of the world’s modern agriculture. In 2010, he served as Executive Director and President of Shenzhen Maoye Group Co., Ltd.; In 2013, he founded Hemao Holding Group Co., Ltd. and has served as the Chairman of the Board since then；In 2014, he was appointed as Vice President of China Good Agri-products Development& Service Association (CGAPA); In 2015, he was appointed as Vice President of China Farm Produce Brokers Association (CFPBA); In 2017, he was appointed as Vice President of China Association of Poverty Alleviation & Development (CAPAD); In 2019, he was appointed as Executive Vice President of Shenzhen General Chamber of Commerce (SGCC).
Wendy Mo
Wendy MO is the managing director of New Zealand Trade Centre(NZTC). As a global marketer for New Zealand products and services, also the service provider of global supply chain management. She leads a team of multicultural members working with the export industry, government departments/agencies and appropriate channels closely to promote not only New Zealand products and services, also supply chain investment opportunities strategically to Asia. As New Zealand is renowned to be an agriculture driven country with innovative technology and primary industry expertise; it is Wendy’s passion to contribute to cross-culturaland sustainable, international supply chain development.
Arif Atak (PhD)
·He is working at AtatürkHorticultural Central Research Institute Yalova / TURKEY Head of the Viticulture Department (Since 1998) ·He is also the chairperson of Kiwifruit Culture and Management work group on International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) ·Also He is convenor of the X.International Kiwifruit Symposium which will be organised 6-9 October in Yalova/Turkey. Areas of Expertise ·Kiwifruit growing and breeding ·Applications of biotechnology in horticultural crops·Table grape growing and breeding · Disease resistance of table grapes(There are many research projects and published articles including these topics) ·In addition, technical consulting services are provided for investors who are grow kiwifruit and table grape.
Dr. Jeremy Burdon
Dr Jeremy Burdon is a postharvest specialist at The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, with a BSc (1983) and PhD (1987), both in plant physiology, from the University of Stirling, Scotland. With 25 years of kiwifruit experience, Dr Burdon’s fundamental postharvest research supports commercial R&D activity both within New Zealand and globally. Current research interests within the wider postharvest field include fruit maturity, postharvest handling and controlled atmosphere storage, all with a focus on the final ripe fruit quality.
Song Huaihong
He is the general sales manager of Compac Sorting Equipment (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. and has been engaged in fruit and vegetable packaging for 24 years. He has been in charge of the business development of overseas companies in China for a long time and leading the team to deploy the Chinese market, including market promotion, sales channel building, engineering servicesystembuilding, etc.
Prof. Pedro Pablo Gallego
Prof. Pedro Pablo Gallego,obtained his BsC & MsC in Biology with honors from León University (1986) and his PhD in Biology from the University of Santiago de Compostela (1992). In 1991 joined Vigo University been Assistant Professor (1991-1997), Associate Professor (1998-2013) and Full Professor (2013 at Present). He carried out serval stages in Florida University, USA (1990 & 1992), Nottingham (UK (1993-1994), Sheffield, UK (1996) and got a sabbatical year in Utrecht (2010-2011). From 2004 to 2010 has been elected as Dean of the Biology Faculty. His expertise in research and teaching is Plant Physiology, Plant Biotechnology, and Plant Production. He had published more than 80 papers, chapters and reviews, 130 oral and poster communications and supervised more than 50 students (PhD, MsC and BsC thesis). He got 2 patents. He has been Principal Investigator in 30 national and international projects and 15 Research and Development (R&D) contracts with private and public companies and institutions. The amount mobilized as PIis higher than 1.8M�. He started to work in Kiiwifruit in 1988 (30 years ago) with his PhD studies about the Cell Wall composition on Kiwifruit. He has supervised 8 PhD students on Kiwifruit: 4 related with plant cell tissue and genetic transformation and 4 with the effect on soil management on soil, plant and fruit quality. He co-organized the last International Symposium In Kiwifruit in Porto (Portugal) in 2017. Hewasawarded with the InternationalSocietyof HorticulturalScience medal in 2017.
Zhang Yuhua
Zhang Yuhua started to enter the fruit industry in 2005. She was one of the original entrepreneurs of Sichuan Zhongxin Agricultural Co., Ltd. who served as the executive director and executive vice president. During her tenure, she formed and led the team to plan and develop the domestic kiwifruit industry to lay a solid foundation for “ Zhongxin Agricultural” becoming the most influential kiwifruit company in China. In 2011, she worked for Lenovo Joyvio Group and was the pioneer of the Kiwifruit sector. She was also the general manager of branch company in Chengdu and Henan . In 2014, she resigned and started his career as a general manager of Sichuan Sunshine Flavor Fruit Industry Co., Ltd., and led the team to successfully plan investment projects such as Pujiang Origin Fruit Modern Logistics Center and Orange Sea Sunshine Technology Demonstration Park, and was responsible for construction implementation and operation management. The completion and commissioning of the first phase of the project's 7,000 tons modified atmosphere storage and professional matching sorting equipment has not only opened up the domestic fruit industry standardization and branded production supply chain demonstration model, which has become a typical case of the industry, but also brought an important significance and far-reaching influence to the local industry and domestic and foreign industries. Currently, she holds several positions such as the president of Chengdu Younong Association, the president of Pujiang Ugly Orange Industry Association, the shareholder of Nongte Group, the president of Nongte National County Project, and the chairman of Chengdu Tiancyifang Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. and so on. The Tianciyifang operates the brand of“sunshine taste”and“don't be confused” , with a professional marketing team, planting technical team and supply chain management team. Meanwhile, it explored a number of advantageous agricultural product supply chain projects. It has a good reputation and influence in the industry.
Robert (Bob) Guthrie
Since 1994 Dr. Bob Guthrie has served as the Volunteer Curator and Research Scientist for the Actinidia collection at the University of Minnesota Horticultural Research Center (HRC) in Victoria, Minnesota, USA and greatly enlarged its accessions. He also functions as an extension service liaison at field days, fruit-grower meetings, and farm visits to provide technical assistance to existing and prospective kiwiberry growers in Minnesota and Wisconsin regarding site selection, orchard planning and subsequent vine culture and production. His Actinidia research interests include the: Improvement of kiwiberry varieties; Use of controlled freeze tests, SEM, XRD and microscopy to screen potential parents for systematic crosses; Manipulation of kiwiberry ploidy levels in the orchard; Development of vigor-controlling rootstocks; and Chronicle kiwiberry history in North America. He is a member of the International Society for Horticultural Science. Dr. Guthrie has a B.S. in Agriculture from Purdue University, B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Geology respectively from Winona State University, University of Texas at El Paso, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is also a licensed professional geologist. He is employed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and is responsible for permitting and sustainable groundwater use across a 43,000 km2 area in northwest Minnesota. He interacts regularly with farmers who seek to use groundwater for supplemental crop irrigation.
Ivan Kinsella
Ivan Kinsella joined Zespri in 2018 as the head of the Corporate Affairs function based in Shanghai. He is responsible for government relations, public relations and administration in the greater China region. Prior to joining Zespri, Ivan had 30 years’experience dealing with Asia in corporate, advisory and government roles. Ivan started his career in a New Zealand agricultural consultancy which was setting up demonstration farms in China. He later joined the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs then the Australian Government in policy and trade promotion roles working on economic and political relations with greater China. During this time he worked in Beijing and Taipei. Ivan has also held market research and consumer insight roles as head of American Express ’ s Asia-Pacific market research team based in Hong Kong and the International group in London. He has also worked for Ernst & Young Management Consultants inHong Kongand inChinabusinessconsulting andmarketresearchroles inAustralia. Ivan has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Auckland, majoring in Chinese and History, a Masters in Contemporary Chinese Studies from the Nouvelle Sorbonne University in Paris, and a Masters in Science (Management) from the London Business School. Ivan also has post graduate diplomas specializing in Chinese language from the Beijing Languages Institute and in modern Chinese history from Peking University.
Zhang Qiong
Zhang Qiong, PhD, associate research fellow of Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, secretary general of the Kiwifruit Branch of Chinese Society for Horticultural Science, is mainly studying the molecular genetics and molecular breeding, etc. of kiwifruits, including building high density genetic linkage map for kiwifruit and apple, etc., positioning the key locus of agronomic traits on fruit quality, developing kiwifruit quality and sex determination and other labels, and providing assistance to new variety breeding of kiwifruit. She once presided over 6 programs including the National Natural Science Foundation of China and key national special projects and has 7 relevant patents authorized; joined the compilation of 2 publications as associate editor; published 12 papers on authoritative SCI journals including Genome Biology, New Phytologist and DNA Research.
