Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GXAAS) was founded in 1935 under the Guangxi Provincial Government. Its activities are mainly focused on basic and applied researches in the areas of crop variety improvement and development of crop cultivation techniques. Performing for agricultural science and technology through the last seven decades, GXAAS has now become a top-notch agricultural research organization in Guangxi with 20 highly specialized research units (institutes) for rice, sugarcane, maize, horticulture, vegetable, cash crops, biotechnology, plant protection, crops germplasm,