Ambassador Huang Zheng attended the World Food Day activities in Pohnpei

2018/10/23

On October 19, 2018, Ambassador Huang Zheng attended the activities celebrating the 2018 World Food Day in Pohnpei state. More than 100 people from all circles, including Mr.Solomon, Director-General of Pohnpei State R&D Department, Mr.Laurence, Director of Agricultural Division, Mr. Peres, Chairman of Pohnpei Farmers' Association, H.E. Ryoichi Horie, Ambassador of Japan, Chinese experts of agricultural technology, attended the event.

In their speeches, Director-General Solomon, Director Laurence and Chairman Peres all expressed their deep appreciation for China's long-term assistance to the agricultural development of the FSM and Pohnpei, and expressed their heartfelt thanks to the Chinese Embassy for its support and assistance in World Food Day activities.

The World Food Day activities included crop & livestock exhibits, recipe contest and agriculture cooking demonstrations. After the event, Ambassador Huang observed and studied the various vegetables, fruits and local agricultural products such as taro and yam.