On Nov. 19-22, 2018, the High-Level Forum for the LMCSF project was successfully held in Beijing. Dr. WU Kongming, the vice President of CAAS and Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Dr. ZHANG Huijie, the Deputy Director General of the Department of International Cooperation of CAAS, and Dr. ZHOU Xueping, DG of IPP-CAAS attended the forum. Academician WU Kongming warmly welcomed the delegations from five Lancang-Mekong countries including Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao PDR, and emphasized the importance of Lancang-Mekong Cooperation in his opening address. He pointed out that establishing the cooperation platform for green control of major crop pests in the Lancang-Mekong area will provide new channels for international cooperation between insti-tutes and universities in the plant protection field, and it will also provide more opportunities for export and import of plant protection technologies.

　　DG ZHOU Xueping hosted the meeting and he acknowledged the participation of the invited speakers. Ms. JIANG Xiaoruo, Director of Asia-Africa Division of the Department of International Cooperation, MARA, Dr. YANG Puyun, Director of the National Agricultural Technology Extension and Service Center, Dr. ZHANG Feng, Regional Director of East Asia, CABI, Dr. ZHANG Huijie, and DG ZHOU Xuepinggave keynote presentations on Lancang-Mekong Agricultural Cooperation, Green Plant Protection Initiatives in China, Working in partnership for plant health and sustainable agriculture, Belt and Road Initiatives, Plant Health Research in China, respectively. JIANG Xiaoruo’s presentation introduced the background for LMCSF, major achievments, expected goals and future plans. She also gave suggestions on how to apply for the next term of LMSCF. Dr. Vinai Pitiyont, Dr. Kyin Kyin Win, Dr. Trinh Xuan Hoat, Mr. Pheach KONG, and Mr. Phoukaothong SYKAISONE gave presentations to summarize the 2018 progress of the LMCSF project in Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao PDR, respectively. They also listed their future plans for multilateral cooperation in the presentations.

　　After extensive discussions between the delegation members and the experts from IPP-CAAS, all of them agreed that the first term of the LMCSF project (081720203994192004) was a great success, and it was important to strengthen the collaboration among six countries in the future. DG ZHOU Xueping, Mr. Pheach Kong (Director General, DAI, MAFF, Cambodia), Dr. Kyin Kyin Win (Deputy Director, Plant Protection Division, DOA, MALI, Myanmar), Mr. Bounchanh KOM-BOUNYASITH (Deputy Director General, Department of Agriculture, Lao PDR), and Dr. Vinai Pitiyont (R&D Director, AMARC Co., Ltd, Thailand) signed the meeting minutes. Overall, this meeting has summarized the achievements from the 2018 LMCSF project “Establishment of the Cooperative Platform for the Green Control and Prevention of Major Crop Diseases and Pests in Lancang-Mekong River Basin”, and laid the foundation for future collaboration plans.