China-Pakistan science cooperation continues online China Daily | Updated: 2021-08-03 09:50 Long Ruijun (left), a professor at Lanzhou University in Northwest China s Gansu province, works in the field with an assistant in Pakistan, on July 10, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
LANZHOU－Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 57-year-old Long Ruijun, a professor at Lanzhou University in Northwest China s Gansu province, turned to online lectures to help old friends in Pakistan fight energy and food shortages.
Long routinely visited the country between 2016 and 2019 to share agricultural techniques and skills with Pakistani experts and farmers. The landscape and climate in Gansu are similar to Pakistan, especially the northern region, he said.