We invite you to attend the 9th International Cherry Symposium (Cherry2021, which will be held from May 20 to 27, 2021, in Beijing City in China.

Cherry2021 will provide a good opportunity for scientists, students, growers, and cherry industries to present and share their latest findings and knowledge on cherries.

We hope the symposium will show you the rapid development of cherry production in China, and promote the exchange of ideas and international collaboration among people involved in the cherry industry and research worldwide.

We are aware that there is a big chance that the coronavirus situation would still have a negative impact on the ability or preparedness of people to travel and attend in person. For this reason, a practicable and feasible option for the event, i.e. a hybrid options in-person participants and online participants for those who can not come to China has to be considered. All in-person participants from all parts of the world are warmly welcome to attend if the epidemic situation is approved allowing them to come to China during next May 2021. We will do our best to make all registered international participants have good opportunity to attend the symposium in-person if possible.

The organizing commitee is pleased to invite you to attend the 9th International Cherry Symposium (Cherry2021), which will be held from May 20 to 27, 2021, in Beijing City in China.

Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, is the country's political, cultural, international communication, and scientific the technological innovation centre. With a long history and splendid culture, Beijingis one of China's first famous historical and cultural cities, and the city that houses the most world cultural heritage in the world, such as the Forbidden City, Great Wall, Summer Palace, etc.

Shunyi District, where 9th International Cherry Symposium 2021 will be held, is located in Northeast of Beijing City, 30 km away from downtown. It's the location of Capital International Airport, and one of important cherry production places in Beijing. Over 4,000 ha sweet cherry has been developed in Beijing suburban, which provide tourism and leisure mainly for the city residents.

The Cherry Development In China

1. About China

China, one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, with a long history for more than 5000 years is the world's second largest economy, the world's largest trading country, the world's largest agricultural country, as well as largest total grain producer and also is one of the fastest growing countries in the world. China is one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

China is located in the East Asia and the West Bank of the Pacific Ocean, with a land area of more than 9.6 million square kilometers and is the third largest country in the world in area and with a sea area of about 3 million square kilometers. China is the largest country in population in the world with a population for about 1.4 billion.

China is a unified multi-ethnic country composed of 56 ethnic groups with 34 provincial-level administrative regions, in which there are 23 provinces including Taiwan Province, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the central government and 2 special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macao. The capital is Beijing.

2. Current situation of cherry industry in China.

(1) Cultivation area, yield and variety of cherry in China

Chinese cherries (Prunus pseudocerasus) has been cultivated for more than 2500 years in China. Sweet cherries (P. avium), originated from Europe and West Asia, were introduced into China in 1871 and first started plantation in Yantai, Shandong Province. Now they have been generally referred to as ‘cherries’ and have become the main cultivated varieties in China. In just a few decades, China has become the world's largest producer and consumer of sweet cherries, with the cherry acreage and import volume ranking first in the world. Sour cherries (P. cerasus) are scattered cultivated and area is very small.

The cultivation area of cherry in China now is 0.2667 million ha with the total production of 1,700,000 tons, among which 0.2333 million ha of sweet cherry and 13,333 ha of greenhouse sweet cherry. More than 500 germplasm resources were collected and preserved, with 30~50 mainly cultivated varieties, including ‘Hongdeng’, ‘Hongmi’, ‘Крпноплолоная’, ‘Tieton’, ‘Brooks’, ‘Van’, ‘Rainier’, ‘Lapins’, ‘Summit’, ‘Sunburst’, ‘Regina’, etc.. More than 40 new sweet cherry varieties and 10 rootstock varieties have been independently released recently. ‘Hongdeng’ accounts for 40% of the total area of sweet cherry cultivation in China. Rootstocks mainly include Chinese cherry (Prunus pseudocerasus), mountain cherry (P. serrulata), sour cherry (P. cerasus), Mahal (P. mahaleb) and their interspecific hybrids, such as Gisela 6 have better application prospects. The main provinces and cities of cherry production in China are Shandong, Shaanxi, Liaoning, Gansu, Beijing, etc.

Main production areas of cherry in China

Countries and time of Chinese import of Cherry

(2) Import trade of cherries in China

China imported 0.186 million tons of cherries from April 2018 to March 2019, according to the data of the Chinese General Administration of customs, a year-on-year increase of 83%. The total amount of imports reached US $1.29 billion, a year-on-year increase of 68%. The total amount of imports exceeded that of durian, ranking the first in fruit import.

The main sources of cherry imports in China are from Chile, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Argentina. The largest source was Chile, with a total import of 0.163 million tons, followed by the America with 14,000 tons, and Canada of 5,000 tons in 2018.

Main countries and quantity of cherry imported to China

3. The development of cherry industry in Beijing

(1) About Beijing

Beijing is the capital of China, the National Center of politics, culture, innovation and international exchanges, with more than 20 million residents, ranking the second large city in population in China. Beijing, which is one of the 'four ancient capitals' in China, has a long history over 3,000 years in its construction and has 850 years of capital history. Beijing has an area of more than 16,000 square kilometers and governs 16 districts. Beijing has a warm temperate and semi-humid continental monsoon climate. The summer is hot and rainy, the winter is cold and dry, with short spring and autumn, and the average annual temperature about 10 to 12 ℃ in Beijing.

(2) Current status of cherry development in Beijing

Cherry is one of the most popular fruits in Beijing. By the end of 2019, the total area of cherry cultivation in Beijing is more than 4,000 ha, with a total output of 18,700 tons which values of RMB 427 million. It is one of the most profit industries in the city so there are totally 4,000 people directly engaged in cherry production in Beijing.

The mainly cultivated varieties are ‘Крпноплолоная’, ‘Hongmi’, ‘Hongyan’, ‘Hongdeng’, ‘Brooks’, ‘Summit’, ‘Van’, ‘Tieton’, ‘Rainier’, ‘Lapins’ and so on. Generally, the maturity period is from mid to late May to late June.

In future, we will try to achieve a goal of 6,000~7,500 Kg/ ha for open field and 11,250~15,000 Kg/ ha for greenhouse in the cherry industry in Beijing with the new cultivar introduction and new orchard management technology application, including soil improvement, new training system, bird and hail preventions, as well as post harvest commercialization treatments.

Visa Information

For international visitors, please check if you require a visa to enter P.R. China on the Chinese Visas website. http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/wgrlh/lhqz/lhqzjjs/
If you do need a visa, we strongly recommend that you start the application process as soon as possible.

If you need a letter of invitation from this conference, please contact cherries2021@126.com and provide the following information:

1) Your full name (as it appears in your travel documents)

2) Your date of birth, gender, nationality, passport number

3) Your institution name and address

4) Your position at your institution

5) Your tentative travel dates (including arrival and departure)

Dear Participants Who Use Flight, Please Pay Attentions

When you arrive Beijing Airport, please find a Shuttle Bus to go Shunyi Station (Beijing).You can take bus, or subway. If you meet some troubles, please contact with us, We are pleased to offer help for you.

Important Dates

2020 Sep 1	Abstract submission start
2020 Sep 1	Full text paper (for Acta Horiculturae) submission start
2021 Mar 1	Deadline for Abstract submission
2021 May 20	Registration
2021 May 21-26	Symposium(Opening Ceremony, Lectures and Technical Tour)
2021 May 27	ISHS Business Meeting, Closing Ceremony, Deadline for Full text (Acta Hort.) paper submission

Schedules

Venue

Beijing

DaLian

NanJing

QingDao

TongChuan

Since the conference address has not been determined, the above three location options are temporarily provided. Once the location is determined, we will update it in time, thank you ！

Guidelines For Abstract Submission

Abstracts have to be submitted via the ISHS online submission tool. A valid ISHS user account is required in order to submit the abstract. If you are currently not an ISHS member, please proceed to new member (https://www.actahort.org/members/newmember?asc=1) first and pay to activate your user account prior to submitting an abstract. You will then be entitled to register to the symposium at the 'ISHS member' rate. An abstract in English, limited to 300 words in a single paragraph, is required in all cases. For more information about online submission of abstracts, please see PDF:

online submission authors guide.pdf. Click here to send your abstract. Abstract Submission
[Click here!]

Each participant can submit no more than two abstracts. Convener of the symposium will evaluate your abstract. A notification of acceptance/rejection of the abstract will be sent to you via e-mail.

ISHS Young Minds Award. Two Young Mind Awards for junior scientists will be given the best oral presentation and the best poster presented during the symposium. For more details, please visit https://www.ishs.org/young-minds-award.

Guidelines For Fulltext Manuscript Submission

All oral presenters, including invited and keynote speakers, must submit a manuscript for Acta Horticulturae. If this is not agreed to by the author(s), the work can be presented as a poster instead. Authors of posters are welcome to submit their manuscript for Acta Horticulturae but posters cannot be published as such. For guidelines and instructions on how to prepare your manuscript for publication in Acta Horticulturae. Please see

https://www.ishs.org/authors.

Fulltext manuscript submission will be accepted only via ISHS online submitting tool.

The web address of submitting tool has been informed on the e-mail of abstract acceptance. Please check e-mail you recieved.

Important Dates

Presenting authors need to complete the registration first. Please complete your payments for the registration. We will only include the abstracts from the researchers who have registered and paid. Please make sure that those of you who registered and do not plan to make presentations also need to finalize the payments as soon as possible.

2020 Sep 1	Abstract submission start
2020 Sep 1	Full text paper (for Acta Horiculturae) submission start
2021 Mar 1	Deadline for Abstract submission
2021 May 27	Deadline for Full text (Acta Hort.) paper submission

Registration Fee (in USD)

Category	Before May 1,2021	After May 1,2021
Participant(member of ISHS)	200	250
Participant(non-member ISHS)	300	350
student(member of ISHS)	100	150
student(non-member ISHS)	150	200
Accompanying person	Free	Free
Domestic Participant	1000RMB	1200RMB

Notes：

1. Registration Fee: provides attendees with one copy of abstract handbook during the symposium and one copy of the Acta Horticulturae (proceeding) that is published and distributed post event.

2. You will need your ISHS membership number (https://www.ishs.org/members) to receive the reduced registration fees.

3. For students, a certificate confirming student status is required to be submitted as a scanned copy to the Secretariat office at the registration. You will need your ISHS membership number (https://www.ishs.org/members) to receive the reduced registration fees.

4. Accompanying person is limited one person for one Participant.

Registration Cancellation Policy and Refunds

Cancellations notified in writing by April 15, 2021will be refundable minus an administrative fee of 50 USD incurred during the refund process. After this date, refunds are no longer available.

Payment Methods

Bank transfer

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Account Number: 0200007609014446206

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1. 2021年5月1日前注册并成功交费的参会人员享受注册费优惠政策。

2. 银行汇款需在2021年5月1日前到账，此日期过后请在会议报到时现场交费

Cherry2021 Committees

The symposium will be organized by International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), Chinese Society for Horticultural Science (CSHS) , and Beijing Municipal People's Government, and supported by Beijing Academy of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (BAAFS), Shunyi Municipal People's Government, Cherry Section, Chinese Society for Horticultural Science, and Beijing Gardening and Greening Bureau.

Convener

Kaichun Zhang (Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences)

Tianhong Li (China Agriculture University)

Guohua Yan (Cherry Section, Chinese Society for Horticultural Science)

Organizing Committee

Zhenhai Han (Chinese Society for Horticultural Science)

Beijing Gardening and Greening Bureau

Shunyi Gardening and Greening Bureau

Beijing Academy of Pomology & Forestry Sciences

Qingzhong Liu (Shandong Pomology Institute)

Yuliang Cai (Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University)

Fengrong Pan (Dalian Academy of Agriculture Sciences)

Fuxing Zhang (Yantai Academy of Agriculture Sciences)

Scientific Committee

Australia

Dugald Close (Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania)

Belgium

Jozef Vercammen (PCFRUIT)

Chile

Herman Silva (University of Chile)

Marlene Ayala (Catholic University of Chile)

France

José Quero Garcia (INRA)

Germany

Mirko Schuster (Julius Kühn-Institut)

Holland

Sjaak Walraven (Tree nursery Fleuren)

Hungary

Karoly Hrotko (Szent Istvan University)

Italy

Stefano Lugli (University Di Blogna)

Japan

Ryutaro Tao (Lab. of Pomology, Grad. Scho. of Agric., Kyoto)

Hideki Murayama (Yamagata University)

Kenji Beppu (Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University)

Korea

Cheol Choi (Kyungpook National University)

Daeil Kim (Chungbuk National University)

Nam Eun Young (National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science)

Latvia

Daina Feldmane (Institute of Horticulture)

Lithuania

Vidmantas Bendokas (Institute of Horticulture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry)

Poland

Malgorzata Korbin (Research Institute of Horticulture)

Edward Zurawicz (Research Institute of Horticulture)

Elzbieta Rozpara (Research Institute of Horticulture)

Romania

Florin Stanica (Bucharest University of agriculture and veterinary medicine)

Spain

Manuel Joaquín Serradilla (CICYTEX)

Turkey

Husnu Demirsoy (Ondokuz Mayıs University)

USA

Lang Gregory (Michigan State University)

Amy Iezzoni (Michigan State University)

Lynn E. Long (Oregon State University)

Matthew Whiting (Washington State University)

Tersia Marcos (IFG)

China

Kaichun Zhang (Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences)

Zhenhai Han (Chinese Society for Horticultural Science)

Tianhong Li (China Agriculture University)

Qingzhong Liu (Shandong Pomology Institute)

Fengrong Pan (Dalian Academy of Agriculture Sciences)

Ming Li (Zhengzhou Pomology Institute, China Academy of Agriculture Sciences)

Yuliang Cai (Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University)

Fuxing Zhang (Yantai Academy of Agriculture Sciences)

Guohua Yan (Cherry Section, Chinese Society for Horticultural Science)

Organizers

Announcement

Organizing Committee

Photo Gallery Cherry 2021

The Cherry Development In China

1. About China

2. Current situation of cherry industry in China.

(1) Cultivation area, yield and variety of cherry in China

(2) Import trade of cherries in China

3. The development of cherry industry in Beijing

(1) About Beijing

(2) Current status of cherry development in Beijing

Announcement / What's New

Visa Information

Dear Participants Who Use Flight, Please Pay Attentions

Important Dates & Schedules

Cherry Symposium 2021

Important Dates

Schedules

Venue & Travel

Venue

Fulltext Manuscript Submission

Guidelines For Abstract Submission

Guidelines For Fulltext Manuscript Submission

Important Dates

Registration

Registration Fee (in USD)

Registration Cancellation Policy and Refunds

Payment Methods

国内代表付款方式

Committees

Cherry2021 Committees

Convener

Organizing Committee

Scientific Committee

Australia

Belgium

Chile

France

Germany

Holland

Hungary

Italy

Japan

Korea

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

Romania

Spain

Turkey

USA

China

Sweet Cherry Growing In China

Main Cultivation Regions and Production

The Major Cultivars in Commercial Orchard

Cherry Production in Greenhouse

Beijing

DaLian

NanJing

QingDao

TongChuan