4000多年前，中国历史上最早的农官后稷，就在陕西杨凌“教民稼穑，树艺五谷”。如今的杨凌，在推进中国农业现代化进程中发挥重要作用，被称为“中国农科城”。作为中国最早设立的农业高新技术产业示范区，这里不仅拥有西北农林科技大学等农业专业院校，聚集着一批种子研发公司、农技创新团队，也越来越吸引着世界各国学者、专家慕名前来。地处内陆腹地的小镇杨凌，如何成为中国农业现代化发展的“示范区”？中国“种业硅谷”的种子，又如何飞出国门，在上合组织国家落地生根？中国外文局欧亚传播中心主持人萨沙来到陕西杨凌，与巴基斯坦留学生金乐天一起，在探访中寻找答案。

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.