The visiting Egyptian team paid a visit to Jiangsu Province to strengthen cooperation in pesticide between China and Egypt during June 21-24, 2014.
The Egyptian team is composed of Dr. Mohamed I. Abdel-Megeed, Chairman of the Agricultural Pesticide Committee (APC) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of Egypt and Dr. Yehia A. Ibrahim, Vice Chairman of APC. Their visit was accompanied by Mr. Gu Baogen, Deputy Director-General of
ICAMA, Mr. Zhang Wenjun, ICAMA Director, Mr. Fu Mingxin, Director-General and Mr. Yu Wei, Deputy Director-General of Jiangsu ICA.
During the visit to Jiangsu Province, the Egyptian team had a meeting with delegates from 10 manufacturing enterprises of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. At the meeting, the Egyptian side briefed about import of pesticides from China, pesticide registration and export and import policies in Egypt. The Chinese delegates and the Egyptian experts exchanged views intensively on issues of common concern.
In addition, during the stay in Jiangsu, the Egyptian team visited several manufacturing enterprises, including Red Sun Biological Co., LTD in Nanjing, Renxin Chemical Co., LTD, Jiangsu Agrochem Laboratory and Xishan Zhongke Drug R & D Co., Ltd in Suzhou. In Jiangsu Agrochem Laboratory, the Egyptian team inspected GLP-certified labs, library and exhibits. While visiting Xishan Zhongke Drug R & D Co., the team spoke highly of advanced instruments, team-building and its research capability. Besides manufacturing enterprises, the team visited the Nanjiang Institute of Environmental Sciences of the Ministry of
Environmental Protection.
During its visit to Jiangsu Province, the Egyptian team appraised the efficacy of pesticides, and welcomed Chinese pesticide pharmaceuticals to conduct cooperation in Egypt and a bigger market share for Chinese pesticides in Egypt. The Egyptian side is willing to serve as a gateway to the export of Chinese pesticides to Africa and the Middle East.
(Source: Jiangsu ICA)