On January 1, 2026, the first day of the new year, Zhang Hongrong, Vice President of Tarim University of Xinjiang, Lin Hui, Deputy Secretary of the College of Horticulture & Forestry Sciences of Huazhong Agricultural University, and Teacher Meng Yue visited Yafei Seed for exchange. The three parties held in-depth discussions on university-enterprise collaborative education, scientific research, industrial layout and other topics, opening a new chapter for in-depth cooperation between Yafei Seed and agricultural universities in the new year.

The meeting was presided over by He Yafei, General Manager of Yafei Seed. Mr. He first introduced the company’s 20-year development history and future plans, emphasizing that Yafei Seed has always adhered to the development philosophy of “Where the base is, Yafei Seed is”. Over the past two decades, the company has stayed committed to technological innovation and earned customer trust with meticulous and thoughtful services. In the future, the company will deepen industry-university-research integration to contribute to national seed industry security and agricultural modernization.

At the meeting, Vice President Zhang Hongrong presented a letter of thanks from the College of Horticulture and Forestry of Tarim University to He Yafei. The letter extended warm congratulations on the 20th anniversary of Yafei Seed and sincere gratitude to the company for the public welfare student assistance activity “I Was Born in the Same Year as Yafei”. It pointed out that the activity has built a sound bridge for deepening cooperation between the two parties and serves as an innovative measure for university-enterprise and university-local collaboration to nurture talents and boost industries.

The nation is built on agriculture, and agriculture is built on seeds; breeding relies on talent first. This activity is a profound ideological mobilization and professional enlightenment, which closely integrates industrial practice of enterprises with education of universities, and explores an effective path for cultivating successors in the agricultural field.

Zhang Hongrong also invited Yafei Seed to inspect and plan projects in Xinjiang, highlighting the agricultural advantages of Xinjiang as the core area of the Belt and Road Initiative and the positioning of Tarim University in serving the development of southern Xinjiang. He expected the cooperation to inject industrial momentum and provide practical platforms.

He Yafei stated that Yafei Seed will actively respond to the call for Xinjiang aid, introduce high-quality varieties, technologies and service systems to help improve the efficiency of modern agriculture and increase farmers’ income in Xinjiang. The company will continue to support talent development at the university and promote the integrated development of industry-university-research-application.

Regarding cooperation with Huazhong Agricultural University, Deputy Secretary Lin Hui introduced the construction of the College of Excellence Agricultural Engineers. He hoped that both sides would carry out in-depth project cooperation on “bottleneck” technologies in China’s vegetable seed industry and build a long-term partnership featuring “joint talent cultivation, joint process management, shared achievements and shared responsibilities”. The college will deploy professional supervisors and postgraduate teams to provide all-round support.

The meeting ended in a warm and forward-looking atmosphere. He Yafei thanked the two universities for their trust and support, and said that Yafei Seed would carefully study the feasibility of Xinjiang layout and advance detailed negotiations on cooperation with Huazhong Agricultural University.

This high-level university-enterprise dialogue on the first day of the new year, with talent cultivation as the core, has set a new direction for the future development of Yafei Seed. Yafei Seed will take a more open attitude to participate in the national seed industry revitalization and support the construction of agricultural modernization.