On December 15, sponsored by Chinese Agricultural Water-saving & Rural Water Supply Technology Association, Jiangsu University and Jiangsu Huayuan Water-savings Co., Ltd., the Agricultural Water-saving Equipment Branch meeting was grandly held in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It was also the meeting of Jiangsu Province New High-efficiency Water-saving Irrigation Equipment Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance. More than 150 experts, scholars and entrepreneurs from more than 100 units of universities, enterprises and research institutes participated in the conference.

The conference was presided over by Wu Yuqin, Secretary General of China Agricultural Water-saving and Rural Water Supply Technology Association. Kang Shaozhong, Pesident of the association and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, delivered the opening speech. Academician Kang pointed out that the establishment of the Agricultural Water-saving Equipment Branch is a concrete practice of China Agricultural Water-saving and Rural Water Supply Technology Association to seriously implement the “water-saving priority” policy, and is a new requirement for actively adapting to the implementation of national water-saving actions and rural revitalization strategies. It is an important opportunity for agricultural water-saving equipment enterprises to seize development and earnestly grasp the implementation of water-saving work. It is also a powerful measure for the development and growth of the association.

Li Hong, Director of Science and Technology Department of Jiangsu University, gave a report on the preparations for the Agricultural Water-saving Equipment Branch. The branch discussed the regulations on the work of the branch and the list of the first director, deputy director and secretary-general.

Li Wei, deputy director of Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering Technology of Jiangsu University, gave a 2018 annual alliance work report. The report summarized the work carried out by the Alliance in 2018, the issues and challenges facing the development of the Alliance, and the work plan for the next year. Li Guangyong, Yan Haijun, Men Qi and Zhang Junjie made special invitation reports from three aspects: micro irrigation, sprinkler irrigation equipment and water pump. The reports analyzed the quality and innovation of agricultural water-saving equipment at home and abroad, the development trend of the industry, and put forward positive and effective suggestions for the development of the industry.