Recently, FAO Asian-Pacific Regional Office, Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC) and ICAMA jointly held the Seminar on Pesticide Risk Assessment and Elimination of High-toxic Pesticides in Nanjing. The APPPC, as a FAO commission, has provided a professional platform for plant protection cooperation to member countries.

In recent years, China has made significant achievements in the elimination of high-toxic pesticides, pesticide registration management and pesticide quality control. A regional platform is of great significance to the communication and cooperation among countries. As China’s experiences have practical guiding significance for the development of relevant fields in developing countries, FAO Asian-Pacific Regional Office and APPPC decided to hold the regional seminar in Nanjing, China.

The seminar lasted three days. The ICAMA systematically introduced the experiences and measures of China in pesticide registration management, pesticide quality control and elimination of high-toxic pesticides. Shirley Xia, Deputy Secretary General of China Crop Protection Industry Association (CCPIA), attended the seminar and gave a report on Chinese pesticide production. In addition, the achievements that China has made in the pesticide import & export management, the management of pesticide names and the construction and application of official pesticide websites were also the focus of the representatives attending the seminar.

The seminar will promote the ability of Asian countries in pesticide standard management and advance the elimination process of high-toxic pesticides. In the meantime, China’s pesticide management experiences will exert greater influence over the region and benefit other countries.