Latest DCZ News:

26 October 2020

Dr. Aihemaitijiang Rouzi from the Sino-German Agricultural Centre (DCZ), along with Mr. Hu Yan’an, deputy director of the Foreign Economic Cooperation Center (FECC) of MARA, and Ms Zhang Xian, DCZ project manager at FECC, traveled to Binhai county, Jiangsu province to attend the 6th field day by Sino-German Crop Production and Agrotechnology Demonstration Park (DCALDP). [...]

Latest DCZ Publication

Brief Analysis of German Export Promoting Instruments
In 2019, the German export quota of agricultural goods reached one third of the German total production in this sector. In line with current legislation, the German government supports efforts of German enterprises from the agri-food sector to enter new markets by a number of policies and measures. This short analysis provides an overview of stakeholders, policies and measures with relevance for the promotion of German exports of agricultural products.

23 September 2020

Since China's accession to the WTO, the scale of agricultural trade between China and EU has expanded year by year. According to China Customs data, from 2002 to 2019, Chinese exports of agricultural products to the EU increased by 4.9 times. In 2019, they reached 9.44 billion U.S. dollars, meaning an average annual growth rate of 11%, which was 2.7 percentage points higher than that of the United States over the same period.  [...]

Latest DCZ Publication

Study on the Seed Market in China
This comprehensive study provides an overview of the Chinese seed industry and market system. The supply and production of seeds in response to seed demand for major crops are analysed. With regard to Chinese seed enterprises, their market share and competitiveness is assessed by also examining the institutional and policy environment in China. Based on identified constraints, the authors provide a set of recommendations to strengthen Sino-German cooperation in the seed sector.

14 August 2020

On August 13, 2020 the DCZ S&T organized a workshop for research coordinators of German research institutes affiliated to the German Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL), Leibniz institutes and departments for agriculture sciences of German universities and universities of applied sciences. [...]

5 August 2020

Smart Agriculture is this year’s key topic in the DCZ Agricultural Policy Dialogue. Originally, a study visit on this subject to Germany and France was planned, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic a physical study visit had to be cancelled. Instead a virtual tour on the topic Smart Agriculture is being implemented. [..]