CAFTE is supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) of the People's Republic of China in 2002, technically maintained by the Agricultural Trade Promotion Center (ATPC) of MOA. It is an indispensable part of China Agricultural Information Service System for Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, one of the most important agricultural information service systems in China at national level.

 

CAFTE is committed to helping farmers and ranchers both in China and overseas. Facilitated with a national information network, it intends to provide information services for foreign trade and economic cooperation in the agricultural sector.

 

To Chinese agricultural sector, CAFTE intends to introduce the latest information on and development in agriculture in the world in the Chinese language.

 

To foreign agricultural sector, CAFTE intends to

 

- Introduce Agricultural conditions in China to people overseas,

- Introduce local life, people, customs, sceneries in rural China to people all over the world,

- Help open markets for foreigners to buy Chinese products,

- Provide information about investment conditions and projects in different parts of China for potential foreign investment,

- Present important issues concerning Chinese agricultural policies and regulations to people overseas.