A century of changes has never shifted our aspiration to advance agriculture. December 26th morning, the School of Agriculture of Henan University Restoration Ceremony and Modern Agriculture High-End Forum was held in the conference hall on the first floor of Zhongzhou Yihe Hotel on Jinming Campus of HENU. Academicians, experts, and scholars from many domestic scientific research institutions and universities, Henan provincial leaders in charge of agriculture and rural affairs, representatives from relevant departments, colleges, and research institutions, and some teachers and student gathered together to witness this important moment in the development history of HENU, and also to discuss the development of agronomy in HENU.

The ceremony was opened with a documentary film “Cultivating for Reaping, Inheriting for Advancing” on the inheriting and innovating in agronomy of HENU in the past more than one hundred years.

SHEN Yanping, Director of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department of Henan Province, and Professor Chun-Peng Song, President of HENU, unveiled the nameplate of the School of Agriculture in applause by attendees.

On behalf of the two parties, Researcher QIAN Wanqiang, Deputy Director of Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen (AGIS), and Professor ZHANG Baoming, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of HENU, signed the cooperation agreement.

WANG Peiyun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Dean of the Kaifeng Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, and Professor KAN Yunchao, Vice President of HENU, signed the cooperation agreement on behalf of the two parties.

“Development Strategy Seminar of School of Agriculture” and “Modern Agriculture High-End Forum” were held after the restoration ceremony.

Taking the opportunity of the restoration of the School of Agriculture, HENU is ready to position itself in the education of agronomy and biology and to meet and suit the major strategic needs of the country and the new situation of agricultural development. As a comprehensive university with strong multidisciplinary advantages, HENU is ready for developing agronomy and biology with distinctive characteristics and rich connotations, more importantly to contribute to the development of Henan Province from a big agricultural province to an advanced province in agriculture and rural affairs.