2009-07-14
For the 2009-2010 Technology Cooperation and Exchange Project (Project No.:4-24) between Chinese and Hungarian governments, The Tongwei Delegation headed by Mr. Liu Hanyuan, Board Chairman of Tongwei Group, went to Hungary for a 5-day visit on June, 2nd. Ms. Xiao Dan, Director of Tongwei Pharmaceutical Research Institute and Mr. Bo Shijun, Director of Tongwei Special Shrimp Feed Research Institute accompanied Mr. Liu during the trip.
Upon arrival, Chairman Liu and delegation visited the Chinese Embassy to Hungary. Ambassador Zhang Chunxiang and technology counselor, Mr. Xie Gaofeng held a cordial and friendly talk with Tongwei. Chairman Liu introduced Tongwei’s main business activities, its development as well as the upcoming cooperation with Hungary. Ambassador Zhang gave Tongwei high credit for its development, research level, as well as the company’s market prospects in EU countries through this cooperation.
During the trip, Mr. Liu met with officials from NKTH - the highest science and technology authority of the Hungarian government, and received warm welcome from the Head of the NKTH, Dr. Tivadar Lippenyi and the senior advisor, Dr. Peter Judak. Mr. Lippenyi said, the Hungarian government attaches great importance to its technology cooperation with Asia, especially with China. At the Sino-Hungarian Science and Technology Workshop held in June, the Tongwei Project, selected out of 100 cooperation project candidats, was decided as one of the 7 key projects. Mr. Lippenyi is highly confident on the future of this project, and expresses his expectation of promoting Chinese veterinary drug products in the EU market. He said, the Hungarian government will actively promote the popularization and application of Chinese medicine as an EU member.
In addition, the delegation headed by Chairman Liu also visited cooperation partners Hungarian Fisheries, HAKI, and ATK. The two sides exchanged ideas and opinions on the project vision and preliminary research and investigation. Tongwei’s project person in charge Dr. Xiao Dan said, Tongwei Pharmaceutical research institute has carried out some substantial work for the cooperation and got patent-pending preliminary achievements.
Chairman Liu and delegation further visited a local feed enterprise Vitafort in Dabas, multi-functional fish farm, Intensive African Catfish Farm, sturgeon breeding Farm and family-run breeding farm, to get more information of the Hungarian agricultural science and technology, as well as its aquaculture.
Dr. Laszlo Varadi, President of the European Aquaculture Society, accompanied Chairman Liu and his team for the whole trip. Mr. Varadi has visited Tongwei for many times, and highly appreciates Tongwei’s vision and its contributions to the world aquaculture. He wrote an article about Tongwei for Journal of the European Fisheries to further promote Tongwei’s cooperation worldwide.
It is reported that the EU-wide ban on the use of antibiotics as feed additives in animal food takes effect on January 1st, 2006. It is thus necessary to develop new drugs that are in line with the international and domestic policies for the industry. Chinese herbal medicine is well qualified as the alternative in terms of its therapeutic and health effect. It is therefore bound to play an important role in this cooperation project, and will definitely be promoted and accepted internationally. For this purpose, with its advantages in aquaculture and Chinese herbal veterinary drugs, Tongwei Co., Ltd. strives to develop antibiotics alternatives to meet the increasing demand for green and healthy animals. This is Tongwei’s strategic global vision, and it also will bring practical social and economic returns.