China

China became a member of the CGIAR in 1984, although its formal collaboration with CGIAR Centers began in the early 1970s. Six CGIAR Centers maintain offices in Beijing, and eleven CGIAR Centers have collaborated with more than fifty Chinese partner institutions. The Government of China hosted the CGIAR 1999 Mid Term Meeting in Beijing, where the Secretariat of the China Leading Group for Coordination of China-CGIAR Cooperation was established in the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS). China's official support to the CGIAR is provided through the Department of International Cooperation in the Ministry of Agriculture.

Ministry of Agriculture