[The 13th meeting of the China-Canada Joint Committee on Agriculture was held in Ottawa] September 29th. Recently, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Zhang Zhili co-chaired the 13th meeting of the China-Canada Joint Committee on Agriculture in Ottawa, Canada, with Lawrence Hansen, Canada’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. The two parties had in-depth exchanges on important issues of common concern and future cooperation priorities. Zhang Zhili said that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the agricultural departments of both sides have met each other and worked together to restart the China-Canada Agricultural Joint Committee, and China-Canada agricultural dialogue and cooperation have returned to the track of institutionalization and normalization. China is willing to expand the field of agricultural interaction with Canada under the existing Joint Committee on Agriculture mechanism, and set up working groups in agricultural science and technology, soil health, seed industry and other fields to further deepen cooperation. The two sides will take the important consensus reached by the two heads of state as a guide to actively promote the expansion of China-Canada agricultural cooperation into all-round, multi-level and wide-area areas, and jointly implement the key points of future agricultural cooperation and achieve results. Lawrence Hansen spoke highly of Canada-China agricultural cooperation and agreed with the idea of ​​expanding agricultural cooperation between the two countries. He said that the meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture was of great significance and had achieved fruitful results. It is expected that both parties will continue to share information and cooperation progress in related fields, and work together to implement the consensus reached at this meeting. Chinese Ambassador to Canada Wang Di and Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Chris Moran attended the meeting.