From May 18th to 24th, a seminar on fruit logisticsforsouthern Thailand, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of China and organized by Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, or CATAS, was held in Haikou,the capital city ofChina’sHainan Province. A total of 10 senior officials, including the Chumphon Provincial GovernorMr.Visa Pulsirirat, along with representatives from the province's departments of finance, commerce, agriculture, natural resources, and education, participated in this seminar.Mr.Li Jihua, Vice President of CATAS, andMr.Wang Jianguo, an Inspector from theDepartment of Commerceof Hainan Province, attended the closing ceremony of the seminar.
On behalf of the organizer,Vice PresidentLi expressed gratitude to the Hainan ProvincialPeople’sGovernment for its strong support and congratulated all the participants on successfully completing the training. He suggestedtoactively build a bilateral durian technology cooperation platformby leveraging the advantages of the durian industry in Chumphon Province and the technological advantages of CATAS,and invited theparticipantsto attendtheGlobal Tropical Agriculture Innovation Conferenceof CATASat the end of the year.
Governor Visa Pulsirirat, representing all the participants, expressed gratitude to the Hainan Government for itssupportand CATAS for its thoughtful arrangements.He mentioned that thisseminareffectively drew on the development model and technological experience of Hainan,, and looked forward to technical cooperation in tropical fruit storage, transportation, and preservation technology, as well as the research and development of maturity detection devices.
Inspector Wangsaid that Hainan and Chumphonboastasolidfoundation and vast cooperation space in areas such as tourism, economy and trade, and culture. In particular, the durians produced in Chumphon Province are highly fresh, delicious, and of good quality, which are popular in the Chinese market. As 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Thailand, as well as thefirstyear ofimplementingindependent customsoperationsoftheHainan Free Trade Port, Hainan looks forward to further strengthening cooperation with Chumphon Province to shareitsdividends of development.
