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.

According to the Liaoning Provincial Government, the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, wins 3 Provincial Science and Technology Awards of the year 2020. Among them, Prof. Cao Wei, researcher from the Biodiversity Group of IAE, won the second prize of the Natural Science Award of Liaoning Province for his study on plants in Northeast China. Gu Jian, associate researcher from the Agricultural Water and Soil Engineering Group of IAE, won the third prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award because of his research project "Integrated Application of the Green and Efficient Drip Irrigation and Water-saving Technology in Semi-arid Corn Growing Areas in Western Liaoning." Prof. Ewald Schnug, nominated by IAE, won the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of Liaoning Province.

On May 7, 2021, the mid-term meeting of the National Key R&D Project "Site Soil Environmental Damage Assessment Methods and Standards" was held offline at the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and in the form of web conferencing.

On the afternoon of May 18, Li Chunqiu, deputy secretary of the Huaihua Municipal Party Committee and Acting Mayor, and Yang Honggao, secretary-general of the Municipal Government, accompanied by Zhou Lizhi, secretary of the Huitong County Party Committee, visited the Huitong Forest Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences.