On the 23rd of Rome, at the 41st UN Food and Agricultural Organization Conference, Chinese nominated candidate Qu Dongyu was elected as the ninth director.This is the first time that the Chinese have served as the head of the organization.On the same day, all member states conducted unknown voting in one country and one vote.Qu Dongyu got 108 votes and was effectively elected.The term of the new director is from August 1, 2019 to July 31, 2023.

Qu Dongyu was born in 1963. He is currently the deputy minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. He graduated from the University of Wakhonenen University in the Netherlands and has a doctorate in genetic breeding degrees.Qu Dongyu has been engaged in the research of potato genetic breeding and biotechnology for many years, and has won the world's potato industry outstanding contribution award.

Food and agricultural organizations (food and agricultural organizations) are a special agency of the United Nations, which is committed to ensuring food safety and achieving zero hunger goal.Grain and Nong Organization has 194 member states and work in more than 130 countries around the world.The eighth director of the director Ruize Middot; Graziano Middot; Dalva was first elected in 2011 and has been re -elected for two sessions.

Personal resume

Qu Dongyu, male, Han nationality, born in October 1963, was born in Yongzhou, Hunan, joined the work in July 1986, joined the Communist Party of China in July 1986. He graduated from the hereditary breeding of the University of Agricultural University of Agricultural and Agricultural University in the Netherlands.

From September 1979 to March 1993, he studied and worked at Hunan Agricultural College, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Vegetable and Flowers, International Potato Center, etc.

In March 1993, he served as an associate researcher at the Institute of Vegetable Flowers and Flowers of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (a researcher in March 1999);

In March 1995, he served as assistant to the director of the Institute of Vegetable and Flowers of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences;

In March 1997, he served as deputy director of the Institute of Vegetable Flowers and Flowers of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the director of the Vegetable Quality Inspection Center of the Ministry of Agriculture;

In November 2000, he served as the director of the Institute of Vegetable and Flowers of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences;

In December 2001, he served as Deputy Dean of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, members of the party group and director of the Institute of Vegetable Flowers;

In December 2002, he served as deputy dean and member of the party group of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (during this period: May 2005 to May 2006, as the Deputy Director of the Human Resources Department of the Yangtze River Three Gorges Engineering Development Corporation of China);

In April 2008, he served as the vice president of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and a member of the party group.

In May 2011, he served as vice chairman of the Government of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and a member of the party group.

In June 2015, he served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture.

In March 2018, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Ministry.