Celebrating 100th anniversary of CPC | Vanuatu agriculture minister expects better rice harvests with technology from China

In May 2015, eight members from the Vanuatu Plantation Association participated in a training course on hybrid rice technology, which was part of a human resource development cooperation program organized by the Chinese government.

Upon their return to Vanuatu, the eight trainees put what they've learned into practice in upland rice cultivation with the support of the Vanuatu Ministry of Agriculture and the association, and achieved a good harvest.

Liu Quan, then Chinese ambassador to Vanuatu, gives a speech at the harvest celebration held in Beautiful Village, Vanuatu, on May 26, 2016. [Photo/cidca.gov.cn]

A harvest celebration and reaping ceremony was held in Beautiful Village, the largest natural village in Vanuatu, on May 26, 2016. Liu Quan, then Chinese ambassador to Vanuatu, and government officials from relevant Vanuatu departments attended the ceremony. More than 100 people, including teachers and students from local agricultural colleges, the plantation association and other NGOs, as well as neighboring villagers, were present to celebrate the harvest.

Liu congratulated the trainees on the successful trial planting of upland rice and expressed his hope that they will put their knowledge into practice, actively participate in the economic and social development of Vanuatu, and use what they've learned in China to produce more local products.

Ambassador Liu Quan and Vanuatu's minister of agriculture reap rice. [Photo/cidca.gov.cn]

Vanuatu's minister of agriculture and the chairman of the plantation association expressed their sincere gratitude to the Chinese government for the training course and said they will actively promote the successful experience of this trail planting to benefit more people and achieve agricultural self-sufficiency in the country.

Attendees at the ceremony take a group photo. [Photo/cidca.gov.cn]