Xi Jinping Sends a Congratulatory Letter to the Global Conference on Important Agricultural Cultural Heritage Guangdong Provincial People’s Government Portal

On July 18, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the Global Conference on Important Agricultural Cultural Heritage.

Xi Jinping emphasized that mankind has created a splendid farming civilization in the long history, and it is the common responsibility of mankind to protect agricultural cultural heritage. China actively responds to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) initiative on global important agricultural cultural heritage, insists on protection during excavation and inheritance during utilization, and continuously promotes the practice of agricultural cultural heritage protection. China is willing to work with the international community to jointly strengthen the protection of agricultural cultural heritage, further tap its economic, social, cultural, ecological, scientific and technological value, help implement the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

The Global Important Agricultural Cultural Heritage Conference opened on the same day in Qingtian County, Zhejiang Province, with the theme of “Protecting Common Agricultural Heritage and Promoting Comprehensive Rural Revitalization”, co-organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province.