[Fujian promotes common standards for soil and water conservation across the Taiwan Strait] On August 27, 2024, it was learned from the Fujian Provincial Department of Water Resources that the Fujian Soil and Water Conservation Society and the Taiwan Soil and Water Conservation Technology Association recently signed the "Cross Strait Soil and Water Conservation Standard Common Cooperation Framework Agreement", laying the foundation for further promoting the common and integrated development of soil and water conservation standards across the Taiwan Strait. Recently, the Fujian Soil and Water Conservation Society and the Taiwan Soil and Water Conservation Technology Association jointly launched a cross-strait exchange activity on soil and water conservation standards in Quanzhou and Xiamen. The theme of the activity is "Standards for Cross Strait Integration towards the Future". More than 30 experts and scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait visited Quanzhou and Xiamen to share new technologies and practices in the field of soil and water conservation. Experts and scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait visited and inspected the Yunlong Lake Soil and Water Conservation Science and Technology Demonstration Park in Dehua County, and carried out a standard promotion activity for the "Evaluation Criteria for Cross Strait Common Soil and Water Conservation Science and Education Parks"; The expert team also went to Guanqiao Town, Anxi County to conduct on-site inspections of the demonstration sites for landslide control and tea garden control in Anxi County, providing technical services for landslide control and ecological tea garden construction, and helping rural revitalization. Editor/Zhou Yingwen

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• 2024.09.18 11:40
• [Belt and Road: The freight volume of the China-Laos Railway exceeded 10 million tons]
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• 2024.09.18 11:31
• [Wang Yi met with Secretary of the Security Council of the Federation of Russia Shoigu]
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