The College of Plant protection traces its origins back to the Department of Plant Pathology and Entomology, established in 1940 at Fujian Provincial Agricultural College. In 1958, it was renamed the Department of Plant Protection, and in 2001, it was officially established as the College of Plant Protection.
Academic Programs
The College of Plant Protection is one of the first to be designated as a National Demonstration Centre of the Cultivation of Innovative Talents by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The College offers both doctoral and master's programs of first-level academic discipline in Plant Protection and hosts a postdoctoral research station. It boasts one national key discipline, one key discipline designated by the Ministry of Agriculture, one first-level key discipline in Fujian Province, and three key disciplines of Fujian provincial universities. It has been recognized as a top-tier discipline and key discipline of the Double First-Class initiative by the Fujian Provincial Government. The College offers undergraduate programs of Plant Protection and Pharmaceutical Engineering and both them have been designated as national first-class programs. Pharmaceutical Engineering was the first undergraduate program at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University to receive accreditation from China Engineering Education Accreditation Association. Additionally, the College serves as the hosting unit for Fujian Society of Plant Pathology and Fujian Society of Entomology and publishes two academic journals: the Journal of Ecological Security and Wuyi Science.
Faculty Members
The College currently has 108 full-time faculty members, with 77.78% holding senior professional titles and 96.30% holding doctoral degrees. Among them are 20 individuals with national-level titles (42 awards) and 71 of provincial-level (108 awards), including 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 4 part-time academicians, 1 winner of National Outstanding Professionals, 2 winners of National Distinguished Experts, 2 leading talents of the National Ten Thousand Talents Plan, 1 distinguished professor of “the Yangtze Scholars Program”, 1 visiting professor2 winners of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 4 winners of National Middle-aged and Young Experts with Outstanding Contributions, 6 recipients of the National Talents Project of Top-hundred, Top-thousand and Top-ten-thousand, 2 winners of “the Innovative Talents Project” by the Ministry of Science and Technology, 3 recipients of National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars, 1 winner of “The Supporting Program of New Century for Excellent Talents” by Ministry of Education, 10 recipients of “Special Government Allowance of the State Council”, 1 winner of the “Distinguished Scientific Researchers” by the Ministry of Agriculture and 3 winners National Outstanding Teachers”.
Education
The College of Plant Protection has a Virtual Teaching Centre for Plant Protection, a National Demonstration Center for Experimental Teaching, and a National Teaching Team. One teaching team has been honored as the National Huang DaNian-styleTeaching Team. One textbook written by faculty members of the College has been awarded the second prize in the First National Textbook Construction Award and five courses have been designated as the National First-Class Undergraduate Courses. As the first among Fujian provincial universities, the College of Plant Protection has been approved by the Ministry of Education for a Sino-Foreign program for doctoral students and annually send outstanding students to study at prestigious universities around the world with the support of the international cooperative program sponsored by the China Scholarship Council. The College maintains a graduate employment rate of over 90% and over 50% the graduate of Plant Protection go on to pursue further education. Students have won numerous awards in both international and national academic competitions such as the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition and the Challenge Cup of national undergraduate academic and technological competition. Up till now, over 8,000 students have graduated from the College and many of whom have become prosperous and accomplished in different fields.
Scientific Research
The College of Plant Protection has been approved to establish a National Key Laboratory co-sponsored by provincial and ministerial authorities, a Collaborative Innovation Center co-sponsored by provincial and ministerial authorities, a Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, a Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, an International Joint Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, a 111 Talent Recruitment Base of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, an International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the East China Branch of the National Center of Agricultural Bio-safety. Additionally, the College hosts six provincial key laboratories and research centers, innovation teams from the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and Ministry of Science and Technology; 6 technology innovation teams of Fujian provincial universities and three academician workstations.The College has made significant scientific breakthroughs, including the world’s first discovery of the new rice virus “RBSV”, a new vector for rice viruses, the overwintering site of China's wheat stem rust fungus, the theory of cultivating immunity against rice blast disease, accrediting Economics of Plant Pathology as a new field of study and taking the lead in decoding the genome of primitive Lepidoptera insects. Over the years, 77 scientific achievements have won national and provincial awards, including one National Natural Science Award, two winners of National Science and Technology Progress Awards, one second prize in the Natural Science Awards of the Ministry of Education, and one winner of Fujian Major Contribution Award of Science and Technology. Besides, a great number of high-quality research achievements have been turn into great benefits to the related industries.
