On January 27, the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) and the US-Asia Institute co-hosted the first virtual visit of US Congressional Staff Delegation in 2021 by organizing a video discussion between officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China (MARA) and 16 US Congressional Staffers. Ambassador Zhao Weiping, Vice President of the CPIFA, chaired the meeting. Mr. Wei Zhenglin, Deputy Director-General of the MARA Department of International Cooperation together with relevant officials from the MARA briefed the US delegation on issues concerning the agricultural and rural development of China and US-China Agricultural Cooperation and answered their questions.