2026 China-ASEAN Digital Agriculture Forum was held in Nanning to jointly explore new paths for regional agricultural upgrading

China News Service, Nanning, October 23 (Yu Jing, Huang Lingyan) The 2026 China-ASEAN Digital Agriculture Forum was held in Nanning, Guangxi on the 23rd. With the theme of "Integration of digital intelligence and green win-win: jointly building a new future for China-ASEAN agricultural cooperation", the forum brought together representatives from the agricultural departments, scientific research institutions and enterprises of China and ASEAN countries to explore new paths for regional agricultural modernization and upgrading.

Song Danyang, deputy director of the Market and Information Technology Department and first-level inspector of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, said that in recent years, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China has coordinated the layout of 39 smart agricultural innovation centers. As of the end of July this year, there were 175 large-scale models in the agricultural and rural fields. Guangxi has seized the opportunity of artificial intelligence and has organized and implemented a number of smart agriculture construction projects, and a number of smart solutions have been implemented in ASEAN countries.

Guo Naying, deputy director of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, said in her speech that China and ASEAN are connected by mountains and rivers, and agriculture is one of the most important areas of friendly cooperation between the two sides. China has long been the largest market for agricultural products exported by many ASEAN countries. With the further advancement of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area 3.0, digital agriculture and smart villages have become important ways for China and ASEAN countries to achieve green transformation, ensure food security, and promote common prosperity.

Tai Somoni, deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Cambodia, said that relying on the Cambodia-China "Fish-Rice Corridor", the two sides have implemented smart fishery projects in Takeo Province, Cambodia. Through high-density breeding management and control, digital water quality monitoring and other means, many local farmers have taken the initiative to adopt new technologies. China's leading practices in smart planting, digital supply chain, and modern aquaculture have set a model for Cambodia to learn from.

The forum also released six series of knowledge products on the same day: "China's Agricultural Foreign Investment Cooperation Analysis Report (2026)", "China's Agricultural Two-way Investment Research Report", "Agricultural Foreign Investment Policy Environment Research", "Digital Agriculture Development and International Cooperation Research", "Lancang-Mekong Agricultural Cooperation Development Report 2025-2026" and "Agricultural Foreign Economic Observation and Thoughts".

As one of the important supporting activities of this forum, the 2026 Smart Agriculture Expo opened at the Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center at the same time. More than a hundred companies from the United States, Germany, ASEAN and other countries and regions participated in the exhibition, displaying nearly a thousand new technologies and products such as agricultural robots, intelligent irrigation systems, and agricultural big data platforms.