The 2nd Meeting of the 14th Board of Directors and the Symposium on Soil Health and Green Agriculture held in Taiyuan

Opening Ceremony

From July 20 to July 22, 2021, the 2nd Meeting of the 14th Board of Directors and the Symposium on Soil Health and Green Agriculture was successfully held in Taiyuan, Shanxi, convening a meeting of over 600 attendees from all across China who operated within various sectors, such as soil-related academia, administration, and industry. The meeting was primarily sponsored by the SSSC and jointly supported by the Soil Fertility Society of Shanxi Province, School of Resource and Environment and the Research Institute of Eco-Environmental Industry of Shanxi Agricultural University. In addition to the introductory and welcoming remarks of the SSSC leadership and host representatives, the opening highlights of the conference also included the ceremony to confer honorary certificates to the inaugural cohort of SSSC Fellows and the awards for the 16th SSSC of Science and Technology.

 

The conference also included a thematic symposium on Soil Health and Green Agriculture with nine high profile plenary presentations and 58 keynote presentations which were held during four different sessions. Over 40 graduate students presented their research. The conference also discussed the administrative affairs of the SSSC.