经国务院批准,由中国科学院和国际肥料科学中心联合主办的第十二届世界肥料大会,将于2001年8月3日至9日在北京召开。这是国际肥料中心第一次在亚洲国家举办的世界肥料盛会。国务院副总理温家宝任大会名誉主席。这次大会的主题是“二十一世纪的肥料科学——施肥、食物安全和环境保护” Approved by the State Council, the 12th World Fertilizer Conference, co-sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the International Fertilizer Science Center, will be held in Beijing from August 3 to 9, 2001. This is the first international fertilizer event hosted by the International Fertilizer Center in Asian countries. Vice Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council honorary chairman of the General Assembly. The theme of this conference is “Fertilizer Science in the 21st Century - Fertilization, Food Safety and Environmental Protection”