A WIN-WIN COOPERATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH BETWEEN CHINA AND BELARUS

China is currently experiencing a transition period for its agriculture development. Innovation in science and technology will play a crucial role in achieving the modernization of agriculture in China. Over the last decades, agriculture in China has primarily been of extensive style with an undiversified conformation. There has been a poorish correlation among the primary, secondary and tertiary industries, the three-industry, resulting in a less developed agro-processing industry and shortened industry chain. Jilin province is a typical ecotype area of agriculture in northeast China and an epitome of the northern agriculture. Belarus has well developed machinery, food and potato industries. These are ideal complements to the agricultural economics in northeast China. Thus, induction of talents and the advanced technologies in food processing industries from Belarus would be a wise choice to overcome the shortage in agro-products processing industries, so as to promote the coordinated development of the three-industry in China. Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) has a prestige history of some 100 years. Scientists there have contributed greatly to both national and regional agriculture with their remarkable achievements in cereal breeding, pomology, edible fungus, vegetables, and animal husbandry. Together with the broad market potential for farm products processing industry in China, these have provided Belarus with a great opportunity of collaboration with China. This article overviews the agriculture and agricultural related science and technology in Jilin. Further, a comparative analysis was conducted aiming at clarification of the advantages in agricultural sciences between Jilin and Belarus. Finally, the feasibility and future perspectives of the collaboration between the two parties are also discussed.