2019年4月21日，国家木薯产业技术体系首席科学家李开绵访问上海木薯生物技术中心。李首席与岗位科学家张鹏及团队进行深入交流，总结了过去10年来木薯产业技术体系发展过程中的经验及存在的问题，展望了未来的发展方向。岗位科学家张鹏介绍了我中心的研究方向及进展。科技发展日新月异，针对木薯体系的发展，李首席对我们提出更高的要求与期望，希望我们要牢记使命，再接再厉，继续发挥技术及基础研究的优势，与各岗站加强合作，为木薯体系的未来发展做出自己的贡献。

       李首席还饶有兴趣的参观了人工气候室及新型木薯无糖栽培系统，李首席对木薯无糖培养系统赞赏有加，希望我们能够继续优化该培养系统，加强与企业的对接，为将来木薯北移提供有利的技术保障。

       李首席此次来访，为中心在木薯体系中更好的发挥作用指明了方向，鼓舞了团队的信心，对我中心今后工作的开展具有重要指导意义。

Prof. Kaimian Li, the Principal Investigator of CCARS from CATAS, visited our center

       The Principal Investigator, Prof. Kaimian Li from Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) in Haikou, visited SCCB on April 21, 2019. Together with the members of SCCB, Prof. Kaimian Li and Prof. Peng Zhang intensively discussed the experience and the problems of CCARS during the developmental process in the last ten years, and projected the future developmental direction. With the advance of science and technology, Prof. Li put forward the higher request and expectation on the following development of CCARS. He hoped that we would keep the mind in mission and work hard for the development of CCARS, and continue to make full use of technology and basic research advantages of SCCB, and enhance the collaboration and communication among research laboratories and stations.

       Prof. Kaimian Li also visited the greenhouse and the novel cultivation system without sugar for cassava seedlings. Prof. Kaimian Li was appreciated the technologies for cassava macropagation, and hoped that we could enhance the cooperation with enterprises to promote planting cassava in the North. By the visit, Prof. Li He encouraged us to make more contributions for the future development of CCARS.

（文稿：育种技术与方法岗位  马秋香）