Chinese, Pakistani universities to build research center on food security, plant biotech.

BEIJING -- A Chinese research university and a Pakistani university are to jointly build a research centre on food security and plant biotechnology, as per Dr Wang Depeng, professor at the College of Life Science of Linyi University.

The research centre is part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be signed between Linyi University and Pakistan's Abdul Wali Khan University, Dr Wang said in an interview with China Economic Net (CEN).

Under the MoU, the research centre and laboratories which will be established at Linyi University will focus on the disciplines of biotechnology, agronomy and food sciences.

Both sides will also recruit researchers from respective universities to work in the research centre and supervise student researchers, says the agreement.

Two joint research groups will be formed, states the MoU, to conduct research of mutual interests and a joint training programme...