The annual evaluation meeting of the Chinese Cassava Agro-industrial Research System (CCARS) was successfully held at Danzhou, Haian Island, from December 20 to 23, 2022. The meeting was held by the way of "online + offline" and a total of 120 attendees working on cassava, moringa, coffee, pepper, and jackfruit from all over the country attended. The Coordinator Guohui Yang of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, leaders of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, and the Principal Scientist Kaimian Li attended and made welcome speeches. The Principal Scientist, the Scientists of different research laboratories, and Agents of different research stations showed their achievements and successful experience in 2022. The meeting discussed new requirements and responsibilities for the next year. Prof. Zhang Peng reported the major annual progress of our center in cassava research.

At the same time, the symposium of "Cassava Industry Development Youth Forum - Danzhou 2022" was also held, with the theme of "technological innovation leads the diversified development of cassava", to strengthen the importance of technology on cassava industrialization and promote academic exchanges and cooperation among system members. Dr. Ma Qiuxiang and graduate student Tong Weijing attended the meeting and gave reports respectively. Tong Weijing won the third prize of the best presentation award.