On September 4, H.E. Ambassador Ren Hongyan met at the Embassy with the Trinidadian contestants heading to China to participate in the finals of the Global AgriInno Challenge 2026.

Ambassador Ren commended the contestants for their keen focus on agriculture and their innovative spirit, wishing them great success in the upcoming competition. He emphasized that agriculture is the foundation of a nation and the cornerstone of people's livelihoods, highlighting agricultural innovators as a vital force in driving the transformation and upgrading of modern agriculture and implementing rural revitalization strategies. He expressed hope that they would use this competition as an opportunity to deepen exchanges and mutual learning with counterparts from China and around the world, bring advanced technologies and experiences back to Trinidad and Tobago, and inject new momentum into local agricultural development and transformation.

The Global AgriInno Challenge 2026 is co-organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Zhejiang University, and other co-organiser. Standing out from hundreds of teams worldwide in the preliminary rounds, the team is the sole finalist from the Caribbean region and will compete alongside 12 other outstanding teams from countries including China, Tanzania, and Vanuatu