the Ecological Society of China bestowed plaques by the name of "Ecology Popularization Education Base" to nineteen institutions including Changbai Mountain Forest Ecosystem Research Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

On August 23, 2022, WEN Shifeng, deputy director of the Wildlife Conservation and Monitoring Center and the National Botanical Garden System Planning Office of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA) visited Shenyang with two of this colleagues to investigate the National Botanical Garden System in preparation in Shenyang.

On July 27, 2022, five guests from Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (ICZ) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) visited the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of CAS, including Guo Xiuyin, Secretary of the Party Committee of ICZ, Wei Jing, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of ICZ, Han Guangxuan, Deputy Director of ICZ, Zou Tao and Pang Haochen, Deputy Heads of the Science and Technology Division of ICZ.

On July 28, 2022, the Paddy Field Soil Fertility Conservation and Improvement Model R&D team of the "Black Soil & Granary" Shenyang Demonstration Zone Project Working Group held a mid-term meeting to promote the progress of their research. Dr. Zhang Lili, the leader of Shenyang Demonstration Zone Project Working Group, attended the meeting.

On July 23, Professor Wang Gang of China Agricultural University visited the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) at the invitation of IAE's Ecosystem Microbiology Group and gave a talk entitled "Soil Biogeochemical Micro-Interface Process and Sustainable Agricultural Development".

At the beginning of the forum, Fang Yunting, deputy director of IAE, made a speech on the institute's Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality research, and on the professional growth of YIPA members of IAE.

On May 26, the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences held a kick-off meeting for the Institute's major project "Precise Measurement and Functional Improvement of Carbon Sink in Terrestrial Ecosystems in Northeast China". The meeting focused on checking and improving the project implementation plan, and making overall project arrangements in the next three years.

On June 17, Prof. ZHU Jiaojun, director of the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was invited to attend the Liaoning Provincial Government Party Group's Theoretical Study Meeting to give a consulting report entitled Ecological Civilization Strategy and Ecological Security Barriers. Li Lecheng, deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Liaoning Province, presided over the meeting.

The research team undertaking the Black Soil & Granary scientific and technological project in Shenyang Demonstration Zone has developed a compound fertilizer for corn planting in the semi-arid, black soil areas in western Liaoning Province.

LU Deliang, LI Yingbin and ZHANG Meng received the 'greenfield' research grants from the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) through open competition. The three young scientists became the first batch of awardees of the IAE's "Greenfield Talent Program for Outstanding Young Scientists".