Nanjing Agricultural University (NONG), located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, is a national key University directly under the Administration of the Ministry of Education, PRC. It is a world-class discipline construction university, a 211 project and a 985 Project innovation platform for superior disciplines. Selected into the Innovation Ability Promotion Plan of Colleges and Universities, The Discipline Innovation Introduction Plan of Colleges and Universities, and the Experimental Program of Cultivating Top-notch Students in Basic Disciplines [78-79] , Excellent Agricultural and Forestry Talents Education and Training Program, State-funded Graduate Program for National Construction of High-level Universities, Recipient institutions for Chinese Government Scholarship Students, Foreign Aid Base of The Ministry of Education, National Cultural Quality Education Base for College Students, National Basic Science Research and Teaching Talents Training Base, It is a member unit of “Double First-class” Agricultural Science Alliance, High-quality Resource Sharing Alliance of High-level Industry-featured Universities, CDIO Engineering Education Alliance, and vice chairman unit of National Rural Revitalization University Alliance.

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