In 2024, we thoroughly studied and implemented the guiding principle of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the Fourth Party Congress of the University, accelerated the implementation of the "Innovation-Driven Program", strengthened organized scientific research and transformation of results, comprehensively enhanced scientific and technological innovation capabilities, continued to deepen the construction of the agricultural science and technology service system, and drew a "new picture" of scientific and technological innovation in empowering rural revitalization.

Closely focusing on national strategic needs and the economic and social development of the capital to strengthen organized scientific research

In 2024, the cumulative scientific research funds received by the University increased by 19% compared to 2023. Among the vertical funds, funding for projects by the National Key Research and Development Program and the National Natural Science Foundation account for about 70%. The school's ability to undertake major national research projects and its innovation capabilities are constantly improving.

We closely focused on national strategic needs and the capital's economic and social development, expanded fund application channels, and strengthened organized scientific research. In 2024, our University was funded for two projects – "Technological Support for Food Manufacturing and Agricultural Products Logistics" and "Cultivation and Quality Improvement of Forestry Germplasm Resources" under the key program of the national "14th Five-year Plan"; 11 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 6 Beijing Natural Science Foundation projects, 1 MOE Project of Humanities and Social Sciences, and 2 Beijing Social Science Fund projects. The University planned to organize or participate in 22 Beijing Rural Revitalization Agricultural Science and Technology Reserve Projects, all of which have been included in the database, with a planned project funding of nearly RMB 15 million.

As the main completing unit, the University has won 6 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards, including 1 second prize in Beijing Excellent Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Science, 1 second prize in Shennong China Agricultural Science and Technology Award, 1 second prize in Beijing Science and Technology Award for Scientific and Technological Progress, 1 first prize in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Science and Technology Award, and 2 second prizes in Liang Xi Forestry Science and Technology Award for Scientific and Technological Progress.

Our research “Key Technologies and Applications of Natural Active Substances to Improve Healthy and Efficient Dairy Cow Breeding” was selected as one of the major new technologies in China’s agriculture and rural areas in 2024.

For the first time, the University added two school-level international cooperation and exchange platforms, and co-established the Agricultural Intellectual Property Joint Research Center and the China-Europe Smart Breeding Joint Research Center with the Moscow State University of Law and ELDC, laying the foundation for exploring new models of education on scientific research platforms.

Through "Inducement Prizes", we implemented 32 high-quality open projects, involving more than 30 first-class domestic and foreign scientific research institutes, including the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Germany.

The implementation of the action plan to support young scientific researchers has achieved remarkable results. Through the "Young Teachers' Innovation Capacity Improvement Program", we have trained a total of 119 new teachers in the past three years. Among them, 26 teachers were funded for national scientific research projects, 13 teachers were funded for provincial and ministerial scientific research projects, and 9 teachers were selected as young talents supported by the Beijing Association for Science and Technology. In 2024, 4 teachers were funded for the National Natural Science Foundation projects, 1 teacher was funded for the Beijing Natural Science Foundation project, 1 teacher was funded for the Beijing Social Science Fund Project, and 3 teachers were funded for key R&D plan project sub-topics. The Program has achieved remarkable results.

We implemented the Action Plan of Academic Exchange and Enlightenment through scientific research platforms to connect with national societies, research institutes, leading enterprises, international organizations, etc., and held 7 domestic and international academic activities such as International Exchanges and Seminars on Poverty Alleviation by Technical Task Force and Forums on New Quality Productivity Leading the High-quality Development of the Brewing Industry, effectively enhancing the University's social influence and international reputation.

Implementing the social science prosperity action to promote the prosperity and development of philosophy and social sciences. In 2024, we collected 46 guidelines for the prosperity of social science projects, reviewed and approved 23 projects, held social science project and scientific research sharing sessions and social science fund project policy interpretation and application mobilization meetings. The atmosphere for philosophy and social science research is becoming increasingly strong, and many projects have achieved excellent results.

Deepening the construction of agricultural science and technology service system and integrating it into the construction of the capital's new "model villages" for a comprehensive rural revitalization

In 2024, we continued to deepen university-local cooperation and signed strategic cooperation agreements with the Mentougou District Government, Xiaotangshan Modern Agricultural Science and Technology Demonstration Park, the Market Supervision Administration of Fangshan District, etc.

We joined the capital's construction of new "model villages" for a comprehensive rural revitalization. With the principle of "construct by one, share with others, and use by society", in 2024, we built "BUA Rural Revitalization Station" in Xinzhuang Village, Xingshou Town, Changping District, Jinpoluo Village, Xiwengzhuang Town, Miyun District, Dazhougezhuang Village, Beifang Town, Huairou District, and Yukou Village, Yukou Town, Pinggu District. Through multi-party collaboration, new concepts, new technologies, new business forms, and new models were introduced into rural areas to create a physical platform to serve rural revitalization, further consolidate and deepen school-local cooperation, and inject new vitality into the comprehensive revitalization of the capital's rural areas.

Five new professor workstations were added to leverage cooperative projects from the government and enterprises. We organized special service actions through the Technical Task Force. The University's projects, "Supporting and Expanding the Wine Industry to Draw a Beautiful Chapter of Rural Revitalization in the Northwest Region" and the "Smart Seed Production to Build an Engine for Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Silage Corn" were successfully selected as the 7th Typical Projects of Targeted Assistance for Provincial Universities by the Ministry of Education. The University has had a total of 5 cases successfully selected as Typical Projects of Targeted Assistance for Provincial Universities by the Ministry of Education for four consecutive sessions. We developed a data platform to connect with the Technical Task Force, to break information silos, allow data to travel more freely, and optimize the technology supply and demand connection mechanism between the University and local governments.

We comprehensively reviewed the implementation licensing and industrialization status of the school’s valid patents to lay the foundation for further promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. We insist on improving the "Technical VP" project in Changping District. Seven teachers were successfully selected as the second batch of "Technical VPs" and worked with 7 companies stationed in Changping. The project received funding of RMB 4.1 million. The continued implementation of this project has become a vivid practice of integrating school education, science and technology, and talents into the "school-city integration" innovative development of Changping District.

We held the 2024 Alumni Reunions Day, i.e. the 30th anniversary celebration of the Class of 1994. With the support of the Pinggu Rural Revitalization Station, the "Love for Pinggu" alumni donation and scholarship activity was carried out. Our alumni awarded scholarships to representatives of Pinggu students and encouraged students to strengthen their ideals and beliefs and give back to their alma mater and society with excellent performance. Supported by the Huairou Rural Revitalization Station, the Huairou District Alumni Work Station was established, and the alumni expressed their desire to contribute to the high-quality development of their alma mater.

In 2024, the school's Science and Technology Association continued to play the bridging role, selecting and recommending 6 young teachers to the Young Talent Support Project of Beijing Association of Science and Technology; and recommending 2 outstanding scientific researches to the "Capital Science and Technology People" series of publicity activities and outstanding cases of Beijing Association of Science and Technology. Throughout the year, we held one cross-border exchange forum for young science and technology talents, five Beijing Youth Academic Speech Competition training sessions, and 40 youth academic salons with 8,000 online and offline participants.

In 2025, under the strong leadership of the Party Committee, the University will continue to carry out organized scientific research, plan major projects in line with the national strategic needs, the needs of the capital's economic and social development, and the urgent problems to be solved in the industry, and more actively integrate into the main battlefield of science and technology. It will optimize the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, rely on industrial research institutes, technology transfer centers and other institutional platforms to promote the deep integration and development of the University and enterprises, and facilitate social resources to flow into the school. It will strengthen the rural revitalization stations, radiate to key areas inside and outside Beijing, continue to polish the "BUA" business card, and make new and greater contributions to the development of the capital in the new era and the comprehensive promotion of rural revitalization!