On October 10 local time, in the third round of China-Germany inter-governmental consultations, agricultural cooperation became one of the key fields of the bilateral innovative cooperation in the future. In the Action Outline for China-Germany Cooperation issued after the consultations, the fields including agriculture and research and development as well as urbanization and transportation system have all become key fields of the bilateral innovative cooperation. The two sides decided to establish a China-Germany agricultural center in Beijing to deepen the long-term and fruitful cooperation in the field of agricultural scientific research.

As a major agricultural country, China is vigorously developing modern agriculture, while Germany boasts a high level of agricultural modernization and mechanization. The two sides have broad space for carrying out mutually beneficial cooperation in the agricultural field.