A three-member Chinese delegation led by Yang Yajun, Director, Tea Research Institute Hangzhou Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRI-CAAS) China alongwith Lin Zhi, Head of Department of Sciences and Technology and Yuanzhi Shi, Associate Professor (TRI-CAAS) is visiting Pakistan for collaboration in tea research and development.
During their visit to Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) Headquarters in Islamabad, they held meeting with PARC senior scientists of Crop Sciences Division to discuss the joint collaborative programme. Dr Muhammad Amjad, National Co-ordinator (Oilseeds) presided over a meeting with Chinese delegation on behalf of Member Plant Sciences of PARC Dr Ahmad Bukhsh Mahar. The other scientists of PARC include Sartaj Khan, National Co-ordinator (Sugarcane & Food Legumes), Dr Muhammad Asim, Principal Scientific Officer & TSO to Member (PSD) and Dr F S Hamid, Director of National Tea and High Value Crops Research Institute (NTHRI) of PARC located in Shinkiari Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) were also present in the meeting. This visit of Chinese delegation is a follow-up of an MoU signed between NTHRI of PARC and TRI-CAAS China on November 12, 2014.