4000多年前，中國歷史上最早的農官后稷，就在陜西楊凌“教民稼穡，樹藝五谷”。如今的楊凌，在推進中國農業現代化進程中發揮重要作用，被稱為“中國農科城”。作為中國最早設立的農業高新技術產業示范區，這里不僅擁有西北農林科技大學等農業專業院校，聚集著一批種子研發公司、農技創新團隊，也越來越吸引著世界各國學者、專家慕名前來。地處內陸腹地的小鎮楊凌，如何成為中國農業現代化發展的“示范區”？中國“種業硅谷”的種子，又如何飛出國門，在上合組織國家落地生根？中國外文局歐亞傳播中心主持人薩沙來到陜西楊凌，與巴基斯坦留學生金樂天一起，在探訪中尋找答案。

Over 4,000 years ago, HouJi, who is said to be the earliest agricultural official in Chinese history, taught people how to plant and cultivate crops in Yangling. Today, the Yangling demonstration zone, known asa national agrarian hub, plays a crucial role in advancing China’s agricultural modernization.

As the earliest high-tech agricultural demonstration zone in China, Yangling not only gathers a cluster of agricultural universities such as Northwest A&F University, seed research and development companies, and agricultural innovation teams, but also attracts an increasing number of scholars and experts from Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries. ILocated in the central hinterlands of China, the small town of Yangling has become a demonstration zone for the modernization of Chinese agriculture. How did it achieve this status? How did the products of China’s “Silicon Valley for Seeds” take root in foreign countries, especially in the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)? Alexander Kubyshkin, a host of the CICG Center for Europe and Asia, visited Yangling in Shaanxi Province with Pakistani student Abdul Ghaffar Shar to uncover the answers during their expedition.