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Located in the well-endowed historic and cultural city of Nanjing, Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) is a national key institution of higher learning, directly affiliated to the Chinese Ministry of Education. Famously known for its established disciplines in agriculture and life sciences, NAU also offers balanced, comprehensive programs in diverse branches of learning, including sciences, economics, management, engineering, humanities and law. NAU is a university covered by the 211 Program and has been selected as one of the Innovation Platforms for Outstanding Disciplines listed under the National 985 Excellence Initiative Project as well as one of the institutions of higher education chosen to develop world-class disciplines under China’s Double First-class University Project. NAU’s Party Secretary is Prof. Wang Chunchun; President, Prof. Chen Fadi.
The history of NAU can be traced back to its predecessors – the Sanjiang Normal School, a teacher training center in Nanjing founded in 1902, and the Faculty of Agriculture of Private University of Nanking, which was founded in 1914. In 1952, Nanjing Agricultural College was founded through the merger of the two agricultural faculties of University of Nanking (today’s Nanjing University) and National Central University along with several departments of the Agricultural College of Zhejiang University. In 1963, the college was recognized as one of the two key institutions of higher agricultural education in China. In 1972, it was relocated to Yangzhou, where it was merged with the Agricultural College of Northern Jiangsu to form the Agricultural College of Jiangsu. In 1979, it was relocated back to Nanjing under its previous name. In 1984, the college was renamed Nanjing Agricultural University. In 2000, NAU was transferred from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Ministry of Education.
NAU consists of 18 colleges plus one department, including College of Agriculture, College of Engineering,
China Society of Plant Protection (CSPP), founded in 1962, is a member of the China Association for Science and Technology(CAST) and a nongovernmental and academic organization for plant protection in China. The goals of the CSPP are to unite the plant protection scholars throughout China to contribute to the advancement of the science and the technology, to further the development of plant protection and to promote collaboration and exchange of information in the research and the extension in the plant protection sciences and technology among her members.CSPP has played an important role in bridging for communication, promulgation and development of science and technology in plant protection since the founding of CSPP 50 years ago. CSPP has been pursuing her mission by organizing domestic and international academic exchanges, presiding over the publication of periodicals, undertaking trainings in plant protection, providing advisory services and disseminating plant protection knowledge. More recently, CSPP carries out peer reviewing and approving of science and technology awards in plant protection and recommends talented scientists or young scientists to China Association for Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering or other institutions or organizations.Now, CSPP has more than 20,000 individual members who work in universities/colleges, scientific research institutions, extension services and enterprises. The Society is composed of 19 working committees, sub-societies and professional committees and has close collaboration with 31 provincial (local) societies for plant protection.