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Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) and South China University of Tropical Agriculture (SCUTA) are closely united with their headquarters seating in Hainan Province. CATAS/SCUTA have two campuses, Danzhou and Haikou in Hainan Province, covering 167 ha and 33 ha separately, and have a land of 4,000 ha for trials and experiments. The CATAS/SCUTA unity is charged with education, R & D and extension of scientific knowledge and technology in the field of tropical agriculture.
 
CATAS was established in 1953. CATAS/SCUTA unity, founded in 1958, were visited by many state leaders, such as the late Premier Zhou Enlai, Marshal Zhu De, Marshal Ye Jianying, Vice Chairman Dong Biwu, Vice President Wang Zhen, and the former state leaders such as President Jiang Zeming, Premier Zhu Rongji as well as the present state leaders President Hu Jingtao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and other state leaders.
 
CATAS/SCUTA have a very strong faculty in R & D and education. They are staffed with 400 senior and 700 intermediate professionals, as well as 40 domestic and overseas well-known visiting professors.
 
CATAS endeavours various research activities for sustainable rural and agricultural development in the tropical and subtropical China and enjoys high domestic and international reputation. It has 10 research institutes, 1 national key laboratory, 4 ministerial key laboratories, 3 provincial key laboratories, 5 ministerial inspection and testing centers, and 1 analytical and test center.
 
CATAS research activities include: development planning and strategies formulation; collection and conservation of plant resources; environmental protection; breeding and dissemination of improved crop varieties or cultivars; development and recommendation of sustainable farming systems; control of crops pests, diseases and weeds; animal and aquaculture development; development of agro-industrial technology, food processing technology, agro-products processing technology, post-harvest technology for fruits and vegetables, development of farming and processing machinery; new and high-tech development; farm economics; environmental and resource economics; human resource development.
 
SCUTA consists of 12 colleges and provides a full range of disciplines. It has 1 national key discipline, 2 ministerial key disciplines, 3 provincial key disciplines, and 1 postdoctoral mobile station. It offers 11 doctoral programmes, 33 Master's programmes, 35 bachelor's programmes and 6 associate programmes. It had an enrolment of more than 12,000 students in 2006, and had since graduated more than 40,000 students. Some world known scientists such as Prof. Chen Zhangliang, President of China Agricultural University, and Prof. Zheng Xiaobo, President of Nanjing Agricultural University, were graduated from the SCUTA.
 
CATAS/SCUTA have acquired great achievements in the past 40 years, and more than 300 of these achievements were rewarded various prizes at the state, ministerial and provincial levels, including 1 First Prize of State Invention Prize and 1 First Prize of State Science and Technology Advance Prize. Some of the achievements are among the world level. CATAS/SCUTA have since made great contributions to the rural and agricultural development in tropical and subtropical China.

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