On July 15, the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the People's Government of Heping District of Shenyang City, signed a framework agreement on the joint establishment of the Northeast China Carbon Neutral Industrial Technology Academy Co., Ltd. It marks the further implementation of the Comprehensive Cooperation Framework Agreement between Shenyang Municipal Government and the CAS Institute of Applied Ecology.

From July 19 to 20, 2021, the Science and Technology Division of the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, organized the 2nd 2021 Applied Ecology Forum.

On July 10-13, 2021, the 9th International Congress of the East Asian Federation of Ecological Societies (EAFES) was held in Hohhot (Huhehaote). More than 450 experts from China, South Korea, Japan and other countries attended the conference through offline or online mode. The conference was organised by the EAFES and hosted by the Chinese Ecological Society and the Inner Mongolia Academy of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Sciences.

On the afternoon of July 8, the signing ceremony of the comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement between Shenyang University and the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the plaque unveiling ceremony of the Joint Innovation Center were held at Shenyang University.

From July 1st to 2nd, 2021, the Science and Technology Division of the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, organised the 2021 Applied Ecology Forum. Professor HE Hongshi from the University of Missouri in the United States and Prof. Zhang Yangjian from the Institute of Geographical Sciences & Natural Resources Research of CAS were invited to give talks. A total of more than 60 researchers and graduate students participated in the forum. Prof. Wang Xugao, head of the S&T Division of IAE, chaired the forum.

Global warming due to anthropogenic carbon emissions are already having substantial adverse climate impacts and threatening ecological balance.

On June 10, 2021, the Matchmaking Event for promoting local transformation of scientific and technological achievements of the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was held in the Northeast China Science and Technology Grand Market.

On May 25, 2021, the Shenyang Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) organised a Project Check Meeting for the key regional project of Science and Technology Service Network Initiative (STS) of CAS titled "Corn Straw Mulching and No-tillage Paradigm Establishment and Demonstration in Liaoning Province", aiming at assessing the fulfilment of the project's goals and tasks. The project was led by a group of scientists from the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE), CAS.

From May 10 to 18, 2021, the on-site inspection and pre-acceptance meeting was organised to advance the progress of the program Ecological Protection and Biological Resources Development and Utilization Technology and Demonstration Research in Forest Areas in Northeast China, a key program of the "13th Five-Year" National Key Research and Development Program on Ecological Restoration and Protection in Typical Fragile Areas.

From June 20 to 21st, 2021, at the invitation of Erguna Forest-Steppe Ecotone Research Station, Prof. Liu Zhengan, Deputy Secretary-General of Peony and Paeonia Branch of China Flower Association, head of Peony Cultivation and Breeding Research Group of the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, visited Erguna and gave guidance on local peony planting.