Agriculture plays a vital role in enhancing cooperation between China and Belt and Road partner countries. Through both outbound and inbound initiatives, agricultural industries enable mutually beneficial and sustainable development. With complementary advantages across global agricultural sectors, this collaboration helps elevate the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to new levels of quality and effectiveness.
A recent example is Guangdong Guangxin Seed Industry Co., which successfully exported a batch of silkworm eggs to Uzbekistan’s Tashkent Airport on March 25, marking a strong start for their overseas business in 2025. In the first quarter alone, the company signed export contracts for nearly 100,000 batches of silkworm eggs, amounting to several hundred thousand US dollars. Around the same period, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Trade and Integration led a delegation to Xi’an, where over 60 Kazakh and more than 100 Chinese companies engaged in trade talks, resulting in agreements worth $98 million, especially in grain, oil, and dairy products. ,
The development of the sericulture (silkworm) industry is a key highlight of China’s agricultural cooperation. China has been promoting this traditional industry in countries such as Cuba. After the 2014 China-Cuba agricultural cooperation agreement, joint research and production centers were established, helping Cuba develop a comprehensive sericulture system. Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has been leading research, training, and technical exchanges. Under the guidance of key experts like Dr. Li Long, China and Cuba have achieved significant success in silk farming, which has become a symbol of their growing friendship and a practical achievement of the BRI in Latin America.