On 21 November 2023 at 1.30 p.m. in meeting room 9, on the 2nd floor of the Golden Jubilee Administration and Information Center Building at Kasetsart University, Associate Professor Dr. Kampanat Pensupar, Vice President for International Affairs along with Associate Professor Dr. Tanapon Chaisan, Assistant to the President for Research and Creation; Associate Professor Dr. Janejira Duangjit, Assistant Dean for International Affairs, Faculty of Agriculture; Miss Prattana Thirakiettikun, Head of the International Collaboration and Networking Section; and personnel of the International Affairs Division welcomed the official visit to Kasetsart University of Professor Fan Yuanhong, Vice President, Yunnan Agricultural University, China and the group include Dr. Pu Wenlong, Director of College of Continuing Education; Dr. Zhu Yaoshun, Director of International Cooperation and Exchange Department; Professor Liang Yanli, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology; Dr. Li Xuejun, Vice Dean, College of Tropical Crops and Dr. Qu Peng, lecturer, Department Head of College of Tropical Crops.

On this occasion, Associate Professor Dr. Kampanat Pensupar, Vice President for International Affairs welcomed the delegation and is pleased to support the opportunity for cooperation in education between the two universities. Then, the Vice President for International Affairs Kasetsart University led a video presentation introducing the university and mentioned that it is an honor and pleasure for Kasetsart University and Yunnan Agricultural University, China will collaborate in related academic and research activities. In today's meeting, are Kasetsart’s Vice Presidents, Assistant to the President, and representatives from related departments who are invited to meet and discuss further cooperation and opportunities in areas of common interest, especially between the Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University and Yunnan Agricultural University, China.

Then Professor Fan Yuanhong, Vice President of Yunnan Agricultural University, China, expressed his gratitude and presented general information about the university and mentioned that the purpose of the visit to Kasetsart University is to develop academic cooperation with Kasetsart University, such as potential joint research between each other in the agricultural field and exchange of researchers from both sides. Further, with the intention of preparing the MOU Establishment of the Sino-Thai Joint Laboratory of Special Fruits and Vegetables in Pantropical regions between the two institutions. Earlier, the Vice President for Research and Creative Affairs of Kasetsart University was a representative of Kasetsart University to sign the Memorandum of Understanding on the occasion of the visit to Yunnan Agricultural University on June 27, 2023, which is a new MoU after the Agreement on the Inter-Institution Cooperation expired in 1990.

After that, the meeting discussed the possibility of projects and academic cooperation activities between the two institutions, such as the exchange of students in both Non degree and Degree and the exchange of faculty staff between each other, cooperation in the field of Scientific Research Projects, short courses such as summer camps, promoting cooperation under the MOU in the national sector level, university sector level, industrial sector level and the private sector level, etc. This is such an opportunity to build cooperation between Yunnan Agricultural University, China and the Faculty of Agriculture and sees an opportunity to expand academic cooperation between the two universities to cover a wider range of subjects and activities in the future. Both sides were satisfied with today's meeting and were able to develop further academic cooperation between them.

Yunnan Agricultural University is a public university located in Panlong District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China. Founded in 2010 1938, it first began using the name Agricultural College of National Yunnan University. Today, it has approximately 34,000 students, including more than 200 international students, and approximately 1,884 faculty members. Yunnan Agricultural University has cooperation with more than 100 overseas universities and colleges from 23 countries, such as: Such as the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Germany, South Korea, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Slovenia, etc.