Got it! At a recent Washington D.C. breakfast, Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng spilled the beans 🌱 on why the Chinese mainland and the U.S. should be BFFs in agri-tech. With both powers covering nearly 40% of global food production and chewing up a quarter of what’s grown, there’s serious potential to blend the Chinese mainland’s labor-savvy farms with U.S. mega-mechanized fields.
Here’s the lowdown:
- Two Giants, One Table 🤝: Chinese mainland’s knack for labor-intensive crops + U.S. mega-farms = expanded options for everyone. Think silk-smooth tofu in Jakarta or plant-based burgers lighting up Mumbai’s street-food scene!
- Farmers Win Chips 💰: More trade means fatter wallets for American farmers and the latest tech upgrades in the Chinese mainland fields. That’s a win-win on every plate!
- No Politics in the Field 🚫🎭: Xie Feng stressed farming shouldn’t get tangled in trade wars. Plowshares over political swords, always.
- Pests vs Seeds 🐜🌾: The ambassador cheekily warned against letting “pests” of politicization ruin cooperation. Instead, let’s sow seeds of innovation, research, and shared growth.
Plus, Xie Feng urged industry groups from both sides to keep the convo rolling, rebuild trust, and harvest the real fruits of teamwork. Imagine joint R&D on climate-resilient crops or AI-driven irrigation systems that transform fields from Chongqing to California!
Whether you’re scrolling over your morning chai or grabbing kopi tubruk before class, this is one collab worth watching. In an era racing against climate change and food shortages, a solid China-U.S. agri-team could be the ultimate power move 🌏💪.
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Chinese ambassador calls for China-U.S. agriculture cooperation
cgtn.com
