Chitwan: Nepal Southern Agricultural Science and Technology Park has been inaugurated at the Agriculture and Forestry University in Chitwan on Tuesday.
Amid a program organized in the district today, Mayor of Bharatpur Metropolis Renu Dahal, along with Ambassador Chen Song, Deputy Director of the Chongqing Agriculture and Rural Committee, Wang Shijie, and Academic Director of Chitwan Agriculture and Forestry University, Sharda Thapaliya jointly inaugurated the park.
The Nepal Southern Agricultural Science and Technology Park (named the “China (Chongqing) – Nepal Hybrid Rice Science and Technology Park”) aims to enhance the production of hybrid rice in Nepal and strengthen cooperation in rice cultivation, livestock and fish farming, and greenhouse vegetable production.
The park was developed with the support of China-South Asian Countries Poverty Alleviation and Cooperative Development Center.
At the inauguration ceremony, Mayor Dahal expressed her gratitude to the Chinese Embassy in Nepal for supporting the visit of Chongqing’s agricultural expert delegation to Chitwan.
She thanked them for collaborating with the agricultural experts from Chitwan Agriculture and Forestry University to conduct scientific research and experiments aimed at improving rice production and yield in Nepal, and Chongqing Municipal Government and Agricultural Committee for providing technical and financial support, and Nepal Office of the China Foundation for Rural Development, an NGO from China, for its role in managing the Nepal Southern Agricultural Science and Technology Park project.
Over the next five years, she hopes that these efforts will bring the dream to fruition and further promote the cooperation and development of the Belt and Road Initiative between China and Nepal.
Chen Song, the Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, conveyed his anticipation for the management of the project by the staff of the Nepal Office of the China Foundation for Rural Development.
“The launch of the Nepal Southern Agricultural Science and Technology Park under the China-South Asian Countries Poverty Alleviation and Cooperative Development Center is a concrete action in implementing the directives outlined in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,” he said.
The report emphasizes promoting high-level opening up, advancing the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative, deeply participating in global industrial division and cooperation, and maintaining a diverse and stable international economic structure and trade relations.
It also aligns with the consensus reached by the leaders of China and Nepal during President Xi Jinping’s visit to Nepal in 2019.
Ambassador Chen also hoped that the joint efforts of both China and Nepal over the next five years, Nepal’s rice production technology will be significantly enhanced, China-Nepal friendship will deepen further, and the people of Nepal will benefit from these efforts.
Han Ruichun, director of the International Cooperation Department of the Chongqing Agriculture and Rural Committee, and Zou Zhiqiang, director of the Nepal Office of the China Foundation for Rural Development, along with some rice experts from the Chongqing Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and around a hundred faculty members and students from Chitwan Agriculture and Forestry University attended the event.
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