Address at CIGR Journal Handover Ceremony

 

By Prof. Li Shujun

 Executive President of CAAMS, Deputy President and Secretary-General of CSAM, Member of Executive Board of CIGR

 

Dear Prof. Fedro Zazueta,

Prof. Bill Stout,

Prof. Wang Maohua,

Prof. Zhu Ming,

Dear CIGR colleagues on line and those present,

Good morning and good evening!

 

I feel very excited to attend the Handover Ceremony of the CIGR Ejournal to China today and also pleased to meet all of you at the Video Conference.  Thanks to Prof. Pedersen, Prof. Fedro and the other members of the CIGR Presidium for giving China the opportunity to operate the CIGR Ejournal.

 

Since the CIGR 2004 International Conference was held in Beijing, more and more Chinese agricultural engineering scientists have been actively involved in the CIGR academic activities and have been playing positive roles in promoting CIGR worldwide. From 2007, we have been seeking the opportunity and studying the possibilities for China to host the CIGR Ejournal. After consultation and discussion between the CIGR Presidium and China many times in the past few years, the Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery, Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering and CIGR reached an agreement on the sponsorship of the CIGR Ejournal and the three parties signed the agreement on October 16, 2009 in the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences (CAAMS) in Beijing. That was a big step forward for the CIGR Ejournal to come to China.

 

After the agreement was signed, Chinese representatives of CSAM and CSAE actively worked on the preparations. CSAM and CAAMS established a team to be responsible for the implementation of the agreement on the CIGR Ejournal. In order to guarantee the smooth operation of the Editorial Office, CAAMS provided 1 million RMB Yuan as the launching fund. Now two rooms for the Editorial Office of the CIGR Ejournal are ready, they are right here in this building on the second floor, equipped with internet connection facilities, computers, printers, fax machines, 4 lines of telephones as well as the furniture. Later after this video conference, we will have another ceremony, to unveil the nameplates of the Editorial Office and the Editor-in-Chief Office. We plan to record that ceremony and show it to CIGR leaders and colleagues during the 17^th World Congress of CIGR in Quebec. Apart from the facilities, five staff of the CIGR Ejournal Editorial Office have been selected and employed. The incoming Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Wang Yingkuan from CSAE has been recommended and selected by both China and CIGR due to his outstanding professional qualifications. I also want to express appreciation to Prof. Bill Stout for his accepting our invitation to serve as the advisor to the CIGR Ejournal. His rich experiences and professional guidance will help ensure the quality and the international practice of the CIGR Ejournal.

 

For the purpose of making the CIGR Ejournal into a world influential journal and entering the world famous indexing databases of EI and SCI, we will work hard to do a better job in many respects. First of all, operation of the CIGR Ejournal should follow the agreement signed by the three parties on October 16, 2009 in Beijing and the Bylaws document drafted by the CIGR Presidium. The following steps will be taken to ensure publication of high quality papers:

·          Rely on the CIGR section chairs and editors to ensure high quality.

·          Make the best use of the talented people both in China and abroad and utilize all of their knowledge and intelligence.

·          Upgrade the professional level of the Editorial Office staff by continued technical training.

I know Dr, Wang Yingkuan, the incoming Editor-in-Chief of the CIGR Ejournal has a detailed business plan to implement these steps.

 

As the host of the CIGR Ejournal, CAAMS will be glad to provide whatever is needed by the CIGR Editorial Office and will be happy to offer the best support service. CAAMS will also invite the universities and research institutes in China to make contributions to the CIGR Ejournal.

 

I have no doubt that with the common efforts of all the related parties under the guidance of the CIGR Presidium and the leadership of the Editor-in-Chief, the CIGR Ejournal can be made into a first-class international journal equal to the best journals in the agricultural/biological engineering area.

 

Thank you!

 

 

 

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