What are the institutions related to beekeeping in China?

China's bee industry implements the management system of unified national management and division of responsibilities among departments. Agriculture, commerce and economic and trade departments are in charge of production, purchase and sale and foreign trade respectively; The medicine and light industry departments manage medicines, foods, chemicals and other products with bee products as raw materials. The scientific research and education of bee industry are under the unified management of science and technology commissions and education commissions at all levels, with the division of labor and cooperation among all departments, close cooperation and coordinated development.

The Ministry of Agriculture is in charge of national beekeeping production, and agricultural departments at all levels are in charge of local beekeeping production and bee quarantine. There are beekeeping management stations in provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, regions and counties in key beekeeping areas. There are also some state-owned and private bee farms, bee pharmaceutical factories, bee machinery factories and other institutions that serve beekeeping.

The Ministry of Commerce is responsible for the purchase and sale of domestic bee products. Provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, regions and counties are in charge of supply and marketing cooperatives and grass-roots supply and marketing cooperatives. Local products companies at all levels deal in bee products. With the deepening of reform and opening up, more and more bee products enterprises participate in the circulation of bee products.

The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade manages the export of bee products nationwide. China Native Animal Products Import and Export Corporation is responsible for the export of honey, beeswax and bee pollen.

Since 1970s, with the continuous development of beekeeping industry in China, some national organizations have been gradually established. These organizations include China Beekeeping Society, China Bee Products Association and China Bee Cooperation Committee. Some provinces, cities and counties, as well as some local beekeeping associations, have made contributions to academic exchanges, technology promotion and technical backbone training in the beekeeping industry.

There are colleges and universities in China that specialize in training specialized senior talents in beekeeping industry. There are more than 20 colleges and universities offering bee courses, and there are more than 10 schools with bee teaching and research institutions. Among them, the bee department of Fujian Agricultural University is the main one, as well as the bee laboratory of Yunnan Agricultural University, the bee laboratory of Shandong Agricultural University, the bee laboratory of Zhejiang Agricultural University and the bee product laboratory of Jiangsu Agricultural College.

There are also professional research institutions engaged in the research of bee industry in China, which mainly solve the problems existing in the production and development of bee industry. These research institutions include bee research institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, bee research institute of Jiangxi Province, bee research institute of Jilin Province, bee research institute of Gansu Province, bee products research institute of Beijing, bee therapy research institute of Li Anyun Port City, etc.

In addition to the above-mentioned bee industry management, service, scientific research, teaching and production institutions, there are dozens of bee products processing and production enterprises in China.

These institutions directly or indirectly related to China's apiculture have laid a solid foundation for the development of China's apiculture, and also made great contributions to the rapid development of China's apiculture in recent decades.