On July 12, 2018, CAO Xianghui, LI Huan, the two leaders of Tangshan Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), GONG Xuehua, chairman of Hebei Tianshan Biotechnology Co., Ltd., DONG Wencheng, chairman of Tangshan Lvzhiyuan Agricultural Corporation, and CHEN Zhijie, general manager of Wanshida Agricultural Corporation visited the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of CAS. Prof. FANG Yunwei, deputy director of IAE, hosted the visitors. The visitors and the relevant exports from IAE (Prof. CHEN Xin, Prof. CHEN Wei, Prof. HAO Guangyou, senior engineer MA Jiangao, senior engineer JIANG Zhiyang, and JING Hongshuang, deputy division chief of Science and Technology Division of IAE) held a symposium discussing the potential cooperation.

Prof. Fang first extended a warm welcome on behalf of IAE to the visitors. Then he remarked that IAE and the visiting companies had built foundations of cooperation. He hoped that the cooperation could be enhanced and the scientific and technological achievements of IAE could be transferred and applied for the mass production in Tangshan. Subsequently, JING Hongshuang introduced the history and development of IAE, the technology could be transferred, the efforts that the scientists had made to meet the demands of the national economy, and the achievements that the institute had obtained through cooperation with local governments and enterprises.

CAO Xianghui said that the S&T achievements of IAE fitted so well with the economic and social development demands of Tangshan. He then introduced the relevant information of Tangshan Center.

The enterprisers stated the current situation, the development direction and the technical needs of their companies.

The experts from IAE and the visitors discussed in detail on the development of pyroligneous acid, the forestry waste treatment, the research and development of carbon-based compound fertilizer and the greening of marine and rural zones. The attendees of the symposium also discussed how to carry out the next cooperation. This symposium played a positive role in promoting the transfer of S&T achievements of IAE in Tangshan area.