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The 9th Agricultural Spring Fair in Zhejiang University

Date:2016-04-21 Hits:402

Upholding the principle of paying equal attention to technology and culture, truth-seeking and innovation, academic and fun, themed on "Five-star Agriculture and Five-star Life", the 9th Agricultural Spring Fair in Zhejiang University was held successfully on 8th April, 2016. There were five main exhibitions led by Zhejiang University’s teachers and students categorized as “floral of spring”. The concept of “Better agriculture, better life” is multi-dimensional including the history of farming culture and taste of modern agricultural changing with unique charm.
A Memory-"Memory" exhibition with the theme of "Historical bearing life", it was built together through three plates of the "Central File", "Exhibition of farming and crop models" and "Farmers recalling history". "Central File" area was used keywords repeatedly for the teachers and students to read file of main content and central agricultural policy of development context. Tools and main crop of model exhibition was projected showing the agricultural changes in China, along with Ribbon soaked in our 5,000 years of civilization, experience with a pieces soaked with China people wisdom of tools on the land of China, let everyone can't help but feel the heavy of farming culture, truly has guide people to know agriculture, learn agriculture and love agriculture. "Farmers recalling history" led everyone to appreciate the history of agricultural college founded in 1910. Zhejiang University agricultural College’s teachers and students in extremely difficult conditions followed an arduous path, carried on performing, suffering and glory both truth-seeking and endeavor in our hearts forever strong.
Participation-a "fun" exhibition prevails with professional characteristics of interactive projects and specialties built an "interesting life" theme. Meaty plant small shells pot exhibition, pure plant colorful glutinous rice, insects Crystal specimens making, "insects race", "fruits and vegetables world", and "tea blind tasting" all attract people’s eye. "Cell microscope photos general figure" game was showed and arranged for everyone to see the beauty of microworld". Plane art flower arrangement" attracts lots of visitors who personally practice. Students’ creation of "Hard-working", "Virtue", and "Discernment", and "Sincerity" four site works reflected our common values.
The theme of "academic" and "technology" accelerated "innovation-driven life" can be demonstrated in A Creation exhibition. One of the heavyweight research papers and international patents of Agricultural Department appeared one by one, in which Professor Zhang Chuanxi team's paper, was published on Nature, reveals the insect wing length developmental plasticity molecular mechanisms, being included the achievement of 2015 "China's top ten scientific progress in the field of life". What’s more, there were "Radiation wine", "Dendrobium products and organic rice" and other research products displaying at the same time. Several agricultural entrepreneurial projects and products, such as "Tea yoyo team" tea products, Seventh Heaven organic vegetables, micro-farming the Creeping baby, Bin Kang colorful rice and so on, were praised and amazed by visitors.
Feelings ignite life. A Story- "Emotion" exhibition was mainly about such a story the teachers and students of Agricultural Department take "agriculture, farmer, rural areas" as their mission. Teachers made great effort in their lifetime to make the firm structure of faculty and academic strengths, to play the characteristics of advantageous subject and service to social development. This also reflected in our mission, which exactly matches Zhejiang University. Students in Agricultural Department who deeply go to rural grassroots and greatly concern the development of motherland will contribute our best youth to the country where we are most needed, which also highlights our home-state affections. Alumnus of Agricultural Department from Hangzhou Plant Inspection and Quarantine Bureau came to the exhibition to held a session "The biosafety of country into the campus", attracted many students and teachers. "Agriculture, farmers and rural areas" Association has performed a research project over the years on the new rural social practice whose results in New Rural Field Guide also had displayed in this exhibition, received a great appreciation.
A Dream-"Dream" exhibition stimulated with unlimited imagination on the future of agricultural development. The work "My color acre of paddy field" with Professor Yuan Longping’s autography was also exhibited as well. This work was co-operated by our students from Agricultural Innovation Business Alliance and Bin Kang Seed Company. Professor Yuan’s dream would inspire us to keep moving forward. Our students think globally, focus on the future farm agricultural science and technology, agriculture and other areas of aesthetics, food forest, emerging vertical farm concept, depicting a better blueprint for the high-tech agriculture for audience. A junior in Agriculture Department thus created comics with the same theme to share with us since agricultural modernization carries our dreams and life. "Dream for Life" is the theme of the last exhibition. At that exhibition there was a green Dream Door, on which 120 teachers and students wrote down their dreams together. This is our shared commitment to the future of agriculture and also a gift for the 120 anniversary of Zhejiang University.
The Agricultural Spring Fair sponsored by the Agricultural College which is one of the campus cultural brands. It has been successfully held for eight sessions. Under the care and support of the leader, teachers and students, the fair has accumulated with much experience and been heading for further development. The ninth session also wins great care and support from leaders and teachers in Zhejiang University and other universities. Zhang Haitao, the vice executive chairman of China Agricultural University’s Union and Changze Kuandao, the former vice chairman of the Agricultural Department of Tokyo University participated with great enthusiasm in this activity. The vice executive chairman of ZJU’s Labor Union, Lou Chengli, the minister of ZJU’s Party committee and Public Works, Wu Xiaocheng, the minister of ZJU’s Research Department of Party committee, the secretary of ZJU’s Youth League committee, Shen Liyong, and the party and government leaders from ZJU’s Agricultural College jointly visited the five exhibitions in this spring Fair, listened carefully detailed introduction of the characters of each exhibition by the commentator and interacted intimately with the students. Carrying the historical treasures and grasping the truth-seeking spirit, we should work together with great effort to fulfill the novel and wonderful dreams of five-star agriculture and five-star life.