2025 is the final year of the 14th Five-Year Plan. Faced with the complex and severe situation of increasing external pressure and internal difficulties, we must adhere to the integrated development of urban and rural areas, further deepen rural reforms, and lay a solid foundation for a good start to the 15th Five-Year Plan.

The Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the International Food Policy Research Institute are scheduled to hold a press conference on the “China Agricultural Industry Development Report 2025” and “2025 Global Food Policy Report” in Beijing on the morning of June 16, 2025 to discuss the new situation and new problems facing the development of the agricultural industry, as well as solutions to enhance the market competitiveness of my country’s agricultural products and the resilience of industrial development. We sincerely invite the responsible comrades of your organization to participate in this press conference and pay attention to the development trends and policies of agricultural food in China and the world.

Opening Remarks

• Zhenhai Yang, President of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
• Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Launch of CAAS China Agricultural Sector Development Report (CASDR) 2025

• Yujiang Ye, Vice President of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)

Launch of IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report – Food Policy: Lessons and Priorities for a Changing World

• Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI

Panel Discussion

Moderated by Kevin Chen, Head of East and Central Asia Office, IFPRI

• Keming Qian, Standing Committee Member of the 14th CPPCC National Committee and Vice Chair of its Committee on Education, Science, Health and Sports; Former Vice Minister of Commerce
• Hongyao Wu, Former Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
• Shenggen Fan, Chair Professor, China Agricultural University (CAU); Dean of the Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy; Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
• Yang Zhao, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
• YWei Guo, Member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the 14th CPPCC National Committee; Former Deputy Secretary-General of the State Council

Moderator

• Xiangdong Hu, Director General of the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development (IAED), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)