SCO countries "debut" in Yangling, Shaanxi "double exhibition" opens to deepen international cooperation in agriculture

China News Service, Yangling, Shaanxi, October 25 (Reporters Yang Yingqi and Li Yifan) The 33rd China Yangling Agricultural High-tech Achievements Expo (Yangling Agricultural High-tech Fair) and the 2026 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Agricultural Expo opened at the same time in Yangling, Shaanxi on the 25th. More than 2,000 units from 51 countries and regions around the world participated in the exhibition.

With the theme of "New Productivity·New Future of Agriculture", this Yangling Agricultural High-Tech Fair lasts for five days and has nine special exhibition areas including the Agricultural High-tech Achievements Exhibition, the International Agricultural Exchange and Cooperation Exhibition, and the Famous, Special and Excellent New Agricultural Products Exhibition. During the event, key activities such as the Seed Industry Innovation Forum, Agricultural Science and Technology Forum, and Rural Revitalization Forum will be held. Companies will be invited to release new technologies, new products, new equipment, and new models, and supporting activities such as investment and trade, agriculture, culture, and tourism integration will be held.

The 2026 SCO Agricultural Expo held at the same time has the theme of "Deepening Practical Cooperation and Drawing a Blueprint for Development". Egypt serves as the theme country, and all 27 SCO countries participate in the exhibition. The exhibition hall has a total area of ​​15,000 square meters. There are special booths in the exhibition area such as the SCO Economic and Trade Exchange Exhibition, which focus on displaying the cooperation results of various member states in the fields of agricultural products trade, technical exchanges and other fields in recent years. During the event, 9 activities including the SCO Modern Agriculture Development Roundtable and the Agricultural Cooperation and Development Conference will be held. In addition, more than 180 cooperation intentions with SCO countries have been collected from more than 100 scientific research institutes and enterprises in China, and the quality and efficiency of practical cooperation have been comprehensively improved.

"Tajikistan's dried fruits and other products are deeply loved by Chinese consumers. This time we have brought a large number of specialty products to the exhibition, among which dried apricots, dried mulberries and specialty chocolate are the most popular." Lola, an exhibitor from Tajikistan, said that companies can reach new cooperation every time they participate in the exhibition. Last year, they successfully launched docking cooperation with local companies in Xi'an. This is her fourth time attending the Yangling Agricultural High-tech Conference. By participating in this conference, she hopes to rely on this platform to further expand more Chinese partners.

This exhibition displays more than 9,000 agricultural "four new" achievements, and the total number of exhibitors exceeds 11,000. It is expected that the passenger flow will exceed 1 million during the exhibition.

The Yangling Agricultural High-tech Fair was founded in 1994 and has been successfully held for 32 consecutive sessions. The exhibition has brought together more than 30,000 agricultural-related enterprises, scientific and educational institutions, etc. from more than 80 countries and regions around the world. It continues to gather and display agricultural scientific and technological innovation achievements at home and abroad, popularize and promote practical agricultural technologies, and deepen international agricultural cooperation and exchanges.