CIDCA vice-chairman meets with director-general of UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Zhao Fengtao, vice-chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), met with Qu Dongyu, director-general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), on March 26, on the sidelines of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2025. 

The two sides agreed to expand and upgrade their partnership by strengthening exchange mechanisms, promoting project cooperation and supporting each other's major activities. They also discussed jointly addressing the challenges of global agricultural development and food security, and advancing the implementation of the Global Development Initiative and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

FAO chief economist Maximo Torero Cullen, Director of the FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment Kaveh Zahedi, and FAO Representative to China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Carlos Aldeco, as well as Deputy Director-General of the CIDCA's Department of International Cooperation Meng Ran, also attended the meeting.