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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
YINCHUAN, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR) will further strengthen cooperation with Central Asian countries in preventing and combating desertification, Feng Zhanwen, director of the China-Central Asia Cooperation Center to Combat Desertification, said Thursday at the China-Uzbekistan Conference on the Exchange of Experiences in Combating Desertification.
According to him, in 2026, the aforementioned center will conduct two training courses on desertification control technologies in China for Central Asian countries, and will also organize two similar trainings in Central Asian states with the participation of Chinese and foreign experts.
In addition, the center's specialists plan to visit countries in the region to implement international cooperation projects, such as combating desertification, cultivating forest seedlings, and building smart greenhouses, he added.
Let us recall that the above-mentioned center was officially opened in July 2025 under the auspices of the Forestry and Steppe Management Department of the NHAR.
Chang Xuewen, Director of the Academy of Agriculture and Forestry of the National Academy of Agriculture and Forestry of Uzbekistan, noted that the academy will establish scientific research cooperation with Uzbekistan, focusing on scientific and technological needs such as efficient water conservation and intelligent agriculture, as well as expand academic exchanges and mutual visits of personnel.
He added that the academy currently cooperates with 66 scientific and technological institutes in 41 countries.
Recently, a delegation led by Farkhod Arziev, the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to China, visited the Baijitan National Nature Reserve, located on the southwestern edge of the Mu-Us Desert in the city of Lingwu, and the NHAR Vocational and Technical University. During the visit, the delegation members learned about NHAR's achievements in combating desertification, transforming and using solonetzic and solonchak soils, and collaborating on modern agricultural technologies.
As F. Arziev noted, Uzbekistan, paying great attention to climate change, ecology and landscaping, as well as water conservation in agriculture in arid and semi-arid regions, has implemented numerous projects at the national and regional levels.
He also expressed hope for close cooperation with research institutes and enterprises of the NHAR in the field of combating desertification, managing solonetzic and saline soils, water-saving irrigation, ecotourism and education. -0-
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