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Director-General marks World Bee Day with address to global beekeeping forum and exhibition at FAO MuNe
20/05/2026
Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu marked World Bee Day by connecting virtually with participants at the Third International Forum for Action on Sustainable Beekeeping and Pollination in Maribor, Slovenia, before inaugurating a temporary exhibition at the FAO Museum and Network (MuNe) in Rome.
Director-General celebrates FAO’s work on sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in South Sudan
20/05/2026
Rome – Director-General QU Dongyu inaugurated a flower-filled model canoe in the FAO headquarters garden, celebrating the achievement of a sustainable fisheries project in South Sudan.
Director-General addresses Joint Meeting of FAO Programme and Finance Committees
18/05/2026
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Suzuki Norikazu, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan
18/05/2026
FAO Director-General meets with national authorities and tours agricultural facilities in northern China
15/05/2026
Urumqi/Beijing, China - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu toured several state-of-the-art agricultural facilities in the Changji prefecture during his trip to Xinjiang Autonomous Region in China this week.
His first field trip took him to the Changji Base of the Chinese...
Bilateral meeting with H.E. ZHANG Zhu, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
15/05/2026
Bilateral meeting with H.E. ZOU Jiayi, President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
15/05/2026
Bilateral meeting with H.E. CHEN Xiaodong, Chair of the China International Development Cooperation Agency
14/05/2026
Bilateral meeting with H.E. Erkin Tuniyaz, Chairman of the People’s Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
13/05/2026
FAO Director-General underscores innovation and regional cooperation to shape the future of agrifood systems in Europe and Central Asia
12/05/2026
Dushanbe - At the conclusion of his participation in the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC35), QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) highlighted the importance of regional solidarity, innovation and investment in accelerating the transformation of agrifood systems across Europe and Central Asia amid growing climate, economic and geopolitical pressures.