Dr. Jingyuan Xia - Secretary to the International Plant Protection Convention

Dr. Jingyuan Xia - Secretary to the International Plant Protection Convention

Dr. Jingyuan Xia has been the Secretary to the FAO-based International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) in Rome since 2015. His experience includes work as Permanent Representative and Ambassador of the China Mission to UN Agencies in Rome, Italy (2012-2014); Director General of the National Agro-tech Extension and Service Center of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing, China (2001-2011); and Director General, Deputy Director General and Assistant Director General of the China Cotton Research Institute at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Anyang, China (1993-2000).

Dr. Xia holds a BSc in Plant Protection at the Central-China Agricultural University in Wuhan (China), an MSc in Entomology at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, and a PhD in Production Ecology at the Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands.