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[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.
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[Inner Mongolia: Accelerate the implementation of key projects in the biomanufacturing industry around key areas such as biofood, biomedicine, and biochemicals] On September 11, the General Office of the People's Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region recently issued the "Action Plan for Accelerating the High-quality Development of the Biomanufacturing Industry in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region." It is proposed to focus on key core technologies to tackle key problems. Focusing on key areas such as bio-food, bio-medicine, and bio-chemical industry, we will accelerate the implementation of key projects in the bio-manufacturing industry. Focusing on the construction of efficient bacterial strains, AI-assisted synthesis, design and transformation of key enzymes, and technological upgrading of existing products, as well as efficient conversion of non-food biomass, new animal vaccine technologies, etc., a number of autonomous region science and technology plan projects will be deployed and implemented. Support enterprises to take the lead in forming innovation consortiums, integrate superior scientific research forces inside and outside the region to carry out collaborative research, and deeply integrate into the national biomanufacturing innovation network. Strengthen the design of the entire industry chain standard system, coordinate and promote the formulation, implementation and application of standards, deploy standard research and development in key links and frontier areas in advance, support enterprises, universities, scientific research institutions, etc. to lead or participate in the formulation and revision of national, industry, group and enterprise standards, and enhance the voice of standards.
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[The nationwide unified destruction operation of infringing, counterfeit and shoddy goods in 2026 is launched] On September 10, the Office of the National Leading Group for Coordination and Promotion of Building a Quality Powerhouse and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly organized the nationwide unified destruction operation of infringing, counterfeit and shoddy goods in 2026. 25 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country simultaneously carried out the destruction of infringing, counterfeit and shoddy goods. Bai Qingyuan, deputy director of the State Administration for Market Regulation, attended the event. This operation destroyed more than 200 varieties of infringing and counterfeit food and drugs, clothing, shoes and hats, tobacco and alcohol, cosmetics, pirated publications, gas stoves, auto parts, electronic appliances, fire-fighting products, etc., involving many well-known domestic and foreign brands, with a total volume of 4,938 tons and a value of about 858 million yuan. All were processed harmlessly in a green and environmentally friendly manner. In recent years, all regions and relevant departments have thoroughly implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, focused on social concerns and people's livelihood concerns, continued to deepen the governance of key areas, key products, and key links, continuously increased efforts to protect intellectual property rights and crack down on infringement and counterfeiting, and continuously organized and carried out unified destruction operations of infringing, counterfeit and shoddy goods, effectively protecting the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and rights holders, and playing a positive role in assisting the construction of a quality power and an intellectual property power, and creating a market-oriented, legal and international first-class business environment. Relevant comrades from the Central Propaganda Department, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and other departments, responsible comrades from the market supervision departments and relevant units of 25 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), relevant domestic and foreign industry organizations, institutions, representatives of rights holders and media reporters participated in the destruction operation through video connections and other means.