Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to spread around the world, and the rate of spreading and severe situation of the pandemic are worrying. The Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry of the CAF sent letters to overseas experts and scholars with long-term academic exchanges and cooperation in key countries such as the United States, France, Sweden, and Switzerland, expressing their concern, regards and encouragement. After receiving the letters from the Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, overseas experts successively replied and expressed gratitude to the Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry for their concern and regards. They hoped to welcome the global victory in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as soon as possible and resume normal academic and friendly exchanges with each other.

The Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry has always highly valued international exchanges and cooperation in recent years. In the future, we will continue to increase the frequency of the exchange activities and actively promote the participation of scientific researchers in the activities of influential international academic organizations and major internationally organized events. (Tong Jiejie/ Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry)