On April 26, 2022, Prof. Zhang Lili, team leader of the "Anti-wind Erosion, Water-saving High-Efficiency Agriculture Model" R&D team, together with her team members and some other researchers of the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, carried out spring plowing preparation and sampling work in Fumeng County, Fuxin City.

On April 27, 2022, the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the People's Government of Shenbei New District of Shenyang jointly signed a cooperation agreement to promote the implementation of the "Black Soil & Granary" Science and Technology Program in Shenbei Agricultural Demonstration Area, where the "rice farmland soil fertility conservation and improvement Model" will be tested and applied to. Fang Yunting, deputy director of IAE, and Li Shu, deputy head of the Shenbei New District Government, signed the agreement on behalf of the two parties.

In spite of the COVID-19 epidemic, the members of the "Rice Farmland Soil Fertility Conservation and Improvement Model" R&D project team have always been in working status.

On the morning of April 11, the 2022 sixth "Applied Ecology Forum" of the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was held virtually. Nearly 750 people from IAE and other institutes attended the forum to listen to the talk given by Prof. Han Xingguo. Researcher Wang Xugao hosted the forum.

On March 17, 2022, a seminar for discussing implementation plans of the project "Degraded Black Soil Fertility Restoration and Productivity Improvement in Shenyang Demonstration Zone" was held at the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The project is a subproject of a Strategic Priority Research Program of CAS.

The 2021 Annual Work Summary Meeting of the National Ecological Science Data Center and the Launch Meeting of the Ecological Science Data Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was recently held at the Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research of the CAS.

In early March 2022, members of the "Dryland Soil Conservation and Productivity Improvement Model" research team of the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), started their project work in Changtu. The higher-grade project, "Degraded Black Soil Fertility Restoration and Productivity Improvement in Shenyang Demonstration Zone," is a Strategic Priority Research Program of CAS which involved research on fermentation, storage and efficient utilization of livestock and poultry waste (LPW), soil fertility improvement and safe use of organic manure, and assessment of LPW land carrying capacity, etc.

Atmospheric ozone layer depletion is a global environmental problem facing mankind. The widening atmospheric ozone holes cause more ultraviolet radiation-B (UV-B) to reach the Earth's surface, leading to adverse effects on biosphere and human health. Each year, the Ozone Environmental Impact Assessment Committee of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) invites scientists of different countries in the fields of photobiology and photochemistry to give an up-to-date report on environmental impacts of ozone layer depletion and UV-radiation and on the evaluation of the effectiveness of global efforts in ozone layer protection, so as to provide theoretical support for different countries to formulate sustainable development policies.

On March 11, 2022, Dai Yulin, vice chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visited the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and talked to the administrative leaders of IAE during a meeting which was presided over by Fang Yunting, deputy director of IAE.

The Party Day event promoted the cooperative relationship between the agricultural team and its cooperative members, and provided a strong organizational guarantee for the Black Soil & Granary scientific and technological project.