The 8th International Herbage Seed Group(IHSG) Conference commencedat Lanzhou University on June 22. The conference is one the biggest in the world in the seed industry and within herbage seed academic circles.

The first IHSG Conference was held in Denmark in 1987. This year's conference was hosted by Lanzhou University and themed on the relationships between seeds, the environment and life.

The conference featured discussions on five topics, including those on seed production and environmental sustainability.

The conference was divided into two parts, the first of which was an academic symposium and second of which was an academic report. More than 170 experts and scholars from different countries, including New Zealand and Australia, attended the conference.

Hao Yuan, the deputy director of Gansu province, expressed his hope that the expert could make more suggestions in regards to Gansu's agriculture production, academic research and talent cultivation.