US, China botanists sign landmark proposal on cooperation, global issues and projects
Por Victoria Bela — South China Morning Post – News feed
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Botanical societies of both countries sign joint plant science cooperation initiative in China’s Taian to tackle pressing global challenges
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Victoria Bela Published: 6:00pm, 3 Oct 2026 The botanical societies of the United States and China have signed a plant science cooperation initiative, vowing to strengthen bilateral ties and foster an open scientific community to tackle global issues.
The joint initiative was signed during a Sino-American botany conference last month in Taian, in China’s eastern Shandong province, which brought together hundreds of experts from institutions in both countries.
The conference, held from September 19 to 23, aimed to “further deepen botanical exchange and cooperation between China and the United States and to establish an international platform that fosters interdisciplinary integration in plant science”, according to the Botanical Society of China.
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Topics such as conservation, plant biotechnology, climate change and an international plant megaproject were discussed, the China Science Daily reported.
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