On the morning of September 10th, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, together with the delegation of senior Irish officials, visited SAAS. The delegation included senior officials from Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Agriculture, Department of Education, and the Office of the Prime Minister of Ireland. Vice President Zhao Zhihui received the guests and held a discussion.

Zhao extended a welcome to the delegation and briefly introduced the research fields, disciplinary layout, and international cooperation platforms of SAAS. He pointed out that Ireland is globally renowned for its development in the dairy, animal husbandry, and food processing sectors, and expressed the hope that this exchange would serve as an opportunity to jointly explore the alignment points for agricultural science and technology cooperation between the two sides, and work together to promote the international application of sustainable agricultural development and innovative technologies.

Prior to the meeting, the delegation visited the Shanghai Soil Science and Technology Museum, the Flower Germplasm Innovation Center, and the Pilot Platform of the National Engineering Research Center for Edible Fungi. Relevant personnel from the Science Research Management Division (International Cooperation Office), Forest and Fruit Tree Research Institute, Eco-environment Protection Research Institute, and Institute of Edible Fungi participated in the reception.