On March 4th 2025, “Building Trust & Confidence UK-Shandong Industry Dialogue Series Agri-Tech Industry” was held in Weifang, Shandong Province.

The event is jointly hosted by:

• British Embassy Beijing
• UK Department for Business and Trade
• Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Province
• Shandong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

The event is jointly co-hosted by:

• Foreign Affairs Office of Weifang City
• Weifang Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
• Promotion Office of Weifang National Comprehensive Pilot Zone for Agriculture Opening up and Development

Witnessed by Mr. Lewis Neal - HM Trade Commissioner for China and Hong Kong, Ms. Ella Beckett - Agricultural Counsellor, British Embassy - and Mr. CHEN Ping - Vice Governor of Shandong Province, Mr. LIU Jianjun - Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor of Weifang City:

• Promotion Office of Weifang National Comprehensive Pilot Zone for Agriculture Opening up and Development and UK Department for Business and Trade announce and launch the “UK-Shandong Agricultural Cooperation Mechanism”, aiming to enable both sides to leverage their respective strengths and achieve deeper collaboration.
• CBRI and Weifang Agriculture Opening-up and Development Group sign the strategic agreement to join forces to promote more comprehensive bilateral exchanges in technology R&D, talents, international trade, policy support, networking and supply chain, aiming to explore new models in and contribute to UK-China bilateral collaborations in agriculture related areas.