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Ahead of The China-U.S. Agricultural Forum taking place in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday night, Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang met with Former U.S. Ambassador Kenneth Quinn and spoke on the topics of feeding a growing world and peace through agriculture.

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Ambassador Qin honored Quinn as they met in the World Food Prize Hall of Fame for having welcomed both President Xi when he was a county level official, and Xi’s father years earlier when he also came to visit Iowa,

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curious about agricultural solutions to lifting China’s people out of poverty.

Qin said agriculture is the foundation of every nation.

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Qin said China, the largest consumer of food, and U.S. as the largest producer of food, have many opportunities to work together to bring a better life to Chinese people and American farmers.

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