On May 15, Vice Minister Zou Zhiwu met with Mr. Michael Creed, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) of Ireland and Mr. Jacek Bogucki, State Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) of Poland respectively in Beijing.

Vice Minister Zou and Minister Creed conducted discussions on furthering inspection and quarantine cooperation, establishment of e-certificate cooperation mechanism, Irish beef export to China and the protocol of Irish live hogs export to China.

Vice Minister Zou and Secretary Bogucki exchanged views on quarantine access of meat, agricultural products export to China and China-Poland transportation means in trade.