On the morning of April 2,2020,the groundbreaking ceremony of LAD modern agriculture base(smart greenhouse)project &LAD research center was held in Lianyi Village,Miao Town,Chongming District,Shanghai.
Mr.Xin Li,Vice president of SAST,Mr.Qian Chen,Director of 802 Institute of SAST,Ms.Lingjuan Dong,Secretary of the CPC Miao Town committee of Chongming District,Mr.Jianfei Chen,Mayor of Miao Town government, Ms.Jing Zhang,Deputy Mayor of Miao Town government,Mr.Zongwen Wang,Deputy Secretary of Chongming District Youth League Committee, Mr.Hui Lu,Secretary of the CPC Lianyi County Committee of Chongming District,Mr.Weihua Dong,Chairman of LAD attended the groundbreaking ceremony.
At the groundbreaking ceremony,Mr.Weihua Dong firstly gave a speech and expressed gratitude to the governments and partners for their concern and support for the development of LAD.After that,Ms.Lingjuan Dong,Mr.Xin Li also made their speech and expressed warm congratulations on the construction of the project.Due to the epidemic of COVID-19,European partner of LAD,Prof.Leo Marcelis,Dr.Xinyou Yin,Prof.Alfons Oude Lansink,on behalf of Wageningen University &research,Dutch Sino Business Promotions B.V and colleagues from LAD Europe Branch expressed their congratulations and expectations for the project by recording videos.Province of Zuid-Holland and some other European partners also issued congratulatory messages.