Xiplomacy: How Chinese hybrid grass technology is changing the world for the better

A WAY OUT OF POVERTY Before known as "the father of Juncao", Lin grew up in the impoverished rural mountains of Fujian. At the ninth Aid-for-Trade Global Review Conference held by the WTO in Geneva in June, Lin reflected on how Juncao technology began its global journey. In 1997, Xi, then deputy secretary of the Communist Party of China Fujian Provincial Committee, listed Juncao technology as part of the province's poverty reduction efforts with the Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region. Today, Juncao technology is used in 31 provinces across China and has significantly contributed to ending poverty and revitalizing rural areas. With Xi's support, a pilot project to introduce Juncao technology in Papua New Guinea was launched in 2000, becoming one of the first applications of Juncao technology overseas.