In Apr. 2000, both Israeli and  Chinese agricultural ministries signed the Memorandum for Sino-Israel
Agricultural Research Fund and agreed to contribute USD 200,000 per year respectively in the first 2 years
as the first term of the Fund. It means the total amount of this Fund at the first term for allocation is
USD 800,000.

   The first session of the joint committee of Sino-Israel Agricultural Research Fund was held in Jan. 2001
in Israel and has selected and approved 5 cooperation research projects.