Recently, Lan Tianming, the Consul-General of the Consulate General of Israel in Chengdu, was invited to participate in "Tianfu Entrepreneurship - Jingronghui - Agriculture" special event held in Pengzhou, Sichuan. The event, under the theme "wisdom of agriculture to create the future", attracted over 500 directors and officials from government, universities, agricultural research institutes, well-known venture capital institutions, innovation and entrepreneurship agencies, as well as the Municipal Agricultural Commission, Municipal Science and Technology Bureau and other relevant departments.

Consul-General Lan Tianming delivered a speech at the meeting.

The Consul-General pointed out that Israel and China have much in common, and agriculture plays a vital role in both countries. He also shared the experiences of agricultural development in Israel.

He introduced the situation of Israel and the situation of agriculture in Israel with facts and data. Israel has a lot of agricultural technological innovations. Although agriculture is a traditional industry, agriculture in Israel is no longer "traditional" because it contains many high-tech and modern technologies. The number of people engaged in agriculture has continued to decline, but agricultural output has increased. Owing to the development of modern agricultural science and technology, only 1% of the population has created agricultural production that meets 95% of the country's agricultural demands.

He also mentioned that agricultural innovation needs government support: appropriate proportion of investment shall come to agricultural research and development, and sufficient educational resources are necessary to foster more agricultural innovation talents, scientific researchers, farmers to work in agriculture-related industries, to achieve breakthroughs in agricultural science and technology, and to promote the development of agriculture.

Finally, he also introduced the agricultural cooperation between China and Israel in southwest of China, and looked forward to a better future of cooperation between Israel and Sichuan.