(Shenyang, Liaoning) - SUN Hang, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and prominent scientist from Kunming Institute of Botany, conducted a research visit to the Shenyang National Botanic Garden on January 27, 2024. Accompanied by the director of Shenyang Institute's Arboretum and officials from Shenyang Tourism Group, he explored the facilities and discussed the garden's future development.

December 22, 2023 – Liaoning Province's top plant scientists convened in Shenyang for a botanical symposium. Hosted by the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the two-day event, themed "Ecology First, Green Development," gathered prominent botanical experts from across the province for discussions and knowledge exchange.

On December 26, 2023, the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences hosted a symposium titled "Spatial and Temporal Characteristics, Carbon Sequestration Potential, and Driving Mechanisms of Soil Organic Carbon in the Black Soil Region of Northeast China."

A delegation of the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IAE CAS) led by Yunting Fang, deputy director of IAE CAS, visited Ethiopia from January 20 to 29, 2024.

A team of researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has launched an innovative project to restore and enhance the ecological functions of sandy and degraded grasslands in China.

ZHU Jiaojun, director of the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) in 2023.

A project in Changtu County, Liaoning Province, has developed a series of techniques to protect its fertile black soil, which is crucial for food security and ecological sustainability. The county is a major maize and livestock producer in China, but its black soil has been threatened by erosion, intensive tillage, monocropping and insufficient organic fertilizer input.

A new report by Chinese scientists, released on December 7 in northeast China’s Shenyang city, has urged enhanced prevention and management of extreme forest fires, stronger scientific research, and more international cooperation on fire carbon emissions in order to address global climate change.

A new book on shelterbelt ecology, written by Professor ZHU Jiaojun from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was launched at the National Convention Center in Beijing on October 28. The book, published by Science Press, is part of the Ecological Perspectives series of the Ecological Society of China and the graduate textbook series of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.