On April 12, 2023, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led a government delegation to Shanghai and Beijing for a four-day state visit to China. As one of the important contents of the delegation, more than 20 members of the Senate and House of Representatives, government officials and business representatives visited the Research and Innovation Center of Suzano (Shanghai) Material Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Suzano) on April 13, 2023, and witnessed the Unveiling Ceremony of the The China-Brazil Agriculture and Forestry Education Technology Innovation Alliance . The Alliance is a new institution established under the framework of the China-Latin America Agricultural Educationand Research Innovation Alliance (CLAERIA), which is composed of major agricultural and forestry universities, research institutions and enterprises in China and Brazil, aiming to promote agricultural science and education exchanges over agriculture, forestry, industry, research and technology transformation.

SCAU President Liu Yahong and Suzano Asia President Pablo Francisco jointly unveiled the China-Brazil Agriculture and Forestry Education Technology Innovation Alliance

SCAU President Liu Yahong and Suzano President Pablo FranciscoSign Strategic Cooperation Agreement

Liu Yahong said that South China Agricultural University has carried out fruitful practical cooperation with Brazil in the field of agriculture and forestry in recent years, especially in the two years since the establishment of the CLAERIA, and has made gratifying achievements in talent training, scientific research cooperation, technical training, technology transfer and people-to-people exchanges in soybean breeding, new materials, sustainable agriculture, Chinese language and people to people cooperation etc..

Pablo Francisco expressed warm congratulations on the establishment of the the China-Brazil Agriculture and Forestry Education Technology Innovation Alliance. Suzano is a multinational enterprise from Brazil to the world. It is based on plantation forests and is one of the world's largest commercial pulp producers. It has a broad cooperation space with SCAU in forest deep processing. We look forward to deepening the cooperation in agriculture and forestry science and technology between the two countries and creating a new model of bilateral industry-university-research cooperation with the joint efforts of members of the alliance.

Evandro Soares, Rector of the Federal University of Mato Grosso in Brazil, one of the founding members of the Alliance, sent a congratulatory video. He said that both universities share a lot in common and the cooperation can not only promote the well-being of the two peoples, but also promote the development of the agricultural field of China and Brazil. He hoped that the Alliance can inject new impetus into the exchange and cooperation of the two countries' agroforestry industries.

Video speech by Evandro, President of the Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

During the event, SCAU awarded President Luiz the title of Honorary Professor, and Maria Cristina Rayol, an official of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accepted the honorary certificate on behalf of the President.

President Liu Yahong handed over the certificate to Maria, an official of the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Senator Jussara Lima, who accompanied the Presidential visit to China, spoke highly of the important role of SCAU in China-Brazil cooperation and exchanges, and warmly congratulated the establishment of the new alliance.

SCAU President Liu Yahong and colleagues pose with Brazilian Senator Jussara Lima

After the ceremony, SCAU delegation visited the Research and Innovation Center, which has recently become the Innovation Base for Teaching and Practice of SCAU in Suzano.