四川省农业科学院 - 国际玉米和小麦改良中心 = SAAS-CIMMYT cooperation: review and prospects, 1996-2007

Abstract

Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS) was founded in, the earliest agricultural institution in Sichuan or even in West China. Through over years unremitting endeavor, it has become one of the leading comprenhensive agricultural research institutions and research base in China, wich involves in more then subjects, including main grain crops, cash crops, rotation system, resources ans environmental protection, biotechnology and information technology. At present, there are institutions, national key laboratories or subcenters, and a post-doctorate research workstation appointed by Ministry of National Personner at SAAS. SAAS have staffs. Among them, staffs are researchers, staffs are of Ph D. and Ms., 74 professors and 176 associated preofessors. 2 are listed as the national Top Hundred, Thousand and Ten thousand Talents, 78 enjoy the allowances of the State Expert with Outstanding Contribution and the State of Council. 36 won the titles of the Academic and Technological Leading Scientist and/or the Expert with Outstanding Contribution of Sichuan Province. 2 won the Sichuan Excellent Contribution Awards at municipal and provincial levels. During the "10th fice-year plan", the number of the national projects leaded by and the national achiviments obtained by SAAS, and the coverage rates of new varieties relased and new technologies created, ranked the first at the provinvial academies. SAAS established relationship and cooperation with as many as 34 countries, such as Australia, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, American and Canada, and 12 international organizations, such as CIMMYT, CIP and IRRI with over 180 cooperative projects. After entering into the new millenary, SAAS drives into the fast lane of the new century,"the best academy in West China and the first class academy in China" was put forwarded by SAAS and become the goal to strive for.