Wild plant genetic resources for food and agriculture serve as the foundation for human survival, and their protection and sustainable use are crucial. In order to conserve and ensure the sustainable use of all plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, and to fairly and equitably share the benefits arising from their use, the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation and the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences will jointly organize a symposium on May 23, 2023 in Beijing. This symposium is also the third symposium following the 2nd "Conservation and Benefit Sharing of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and Agricultural Biodiversity focusing on post-2020 Agricultural Biodiversity" held in July 2019.

The symposium aims to bring together experts, scholars, policy-makers, private sector and field practitioners, from relevant fields to exchange ideas and experiences on the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.  The discussions centers on the importance of conserving plant genetic resources and ensuring their sustainable use, as well as the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their use.The meeting was steamed live online, a total of 6,000 people have participated in the discussion online.

Dr. LIU Xin, vice president of BGI Research, delivered a keynote report titled "The Importance of Genetic Resource Exchange and Sharing for Basic Research" at the Meeting. For genomics research, sample resources and data resources are very important. Plant genomics research requires the exchange of genetic resources, which requires the establishment of a more reasonable sharing mechanism and  a similar technical foundation in order to use new technologies to promote sharing and basic research.

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