IUNG-PIB participant in Polish-Chinese cooperation July 24, 2018 On July 23, 2018 , a meeting on the development of Polish-Chinese cooperation, including in the field of agriculture, was held at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The meeting was attended by the Director of IUNG-PIB in Puławy - prof. dr hab. Wiesław Oleszek. ( Photos from the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ) One of the topics of the meeting was to strengthen cooperation between research institutes of the People's Republic of China and Poland. The meeting was chaired by Szymon Giżyński, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Immediately after the conclusion of bilateral talks, a Memorandum of Unterstanding was signed on cooperation between the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - National Research Institute in Puławy. The document was signed on the Chinese side by the General Director of the Institute of Natural Resources and Regional Planning of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences - Zhou Qingbo, and on the Polish side by the Director of IUNG-PIB in Puławy - prof. dr hab. Wiesław Oleszek. It is worth emphasizing that the signed document formalises cooperation and constitutes the next stage in the development of contacts between Polish and Chinese scientific institutions, through their activities supporting the development of agriculture. During the meeting, a number of problems were identified, which may be the subject of partnership cooperation, regarding the support of technological progress and shaping the relationship between agriculture and the natural environment. There is no doubt that for both parties the improvement of scientific cooperation is an important challenge, but also an opportunity to promote the achievements so far.