On September 22, the founding meeting of the Agricultural Logistics Engineering Committee of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") and the 2024 academic Exchange meeting were held in Tianjin。The theme of the conference is "the Founding Conference of the Agricultural Logistics Engineering Committee of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering and the Academic Exchange Meeting in 2024"，It was organized by the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering and Tianjin University of Commerce，The Key Laboratory of low-carbon Cold Chain of Agricultural Products, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin University of Commerce，Tianjin Refrigeration Society, Tianjin Cold chain logistics industry (talent) and production and education integration alliance。Zhu Ming, Executive Vice President and Deputy Secretary of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering，Professor Chen Guanyi, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of Tianjin University of Commerce，Cui Ming, Director of supervision, Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering，Comrade Shang Huiguo of the Department of Market and Information Technology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural areas and more than 150 experts and scholars from all over the country attended the meeting。The school's scientific research Department, the research achievements transformation center, the relevant responsible comrades of the School of Mechanical engineering attended the meeting。The meeting was chaired by senior engineer Shen Yujunzheng, vice president of the Planning and Design Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas。

At the inaugural meeting of the special Committee, Zhu Ming, Executive Vice chairman and deputy secretary of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, and Professor Chen Guanyi, vice president of Tianjin University of Commerce, made speeches successively, summarized and guided the significance of the establishment of the special committee, and proposed specific work arrangements。Guan Xiaodong, executive deputy secretary general of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, read the approval document of the society。Cheng Qinyang, a researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Product Processing Engineering, Planning and Design Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, reported on the preparatory work of the special committee。The conference adopted a combination of online and offline ways to conduct voting work of the management body of the special committee，Professor Cui Ming, director of the association of Supervisors, announced the results of the election，172 people voted，Li Jian and 13 other researchers were elected as directors and vice chairmen，Cheng Qinyang is the Secretary-General，Professor Sun Zhili of the School of Mechanical Engineering of our university was elected deputy chairman。After the election, researcher Li Jian spoke on behalf of the management body of the special Committee, saying that he would do a good job in academic exchanges and promoting industrial development of the special Committee, and contribute to the development of agricultural products logistics。

Academic exchange meeting，The special committee invited Professor Zhao Chunjiang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the National Agricultural Informatization Engineering Technology Research Center，Zhu Ming, Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, former president of the Planning and Design Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Executive Vice president of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering，Professor Huang Guoquan, Dean of Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, National Jie Qing, National high-level talent，Professor Xie Jing, Dean of College of Food Science, Shanghai Ocean University and leader of Plateau discipline of Food Science and Engineering in Shanghai，Professor Luo Zisheng of Zhejiang University, leading talent of the National Level Talent Special Support Program of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee，Professor Sun Zhili, Vice Dean, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Commerce，Senior Engineer Xia Chao Yong Zheng of Zhengzhou COFCO Research and Design Institute Co., Ltd. and Associate Professor Zhao Di of Nanjing Agricultural University made academic reports。

The establishment of the special committee aims to build a high-level exchange platform, clarify the development opportunities and challenges of agricultural products logistics, display the achievements of relevant research institutes, universities and enterprises in the field of agricultural products logistics, jointly discuss the future development of agricultural products logistics, and promote industrial progress。In the future, the school will actively provide superior resources, train and introduce high-end talents, communicate and help the development of agricultural logistics, and promote the construction of an efficient, intelligent and sustainable agricultural logistics system。(Reviewer: Zhang Ying)