On October 17, 2017, Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology welcomed a Chinese delegation composed by the vice-president, Huang Jin, and eight other professionals from the Chinese Academy of Forestry (CAF). The goal was to discuss means to broaden the exchange of bamboo genetic material between both countries. China is today the world leader in bamboo production and the country that obtains most financial returns from the plant. Not only it is well used in their civil construction sector, moving about US$ 30 billion, which represents half of world market, in the country there are over 450 products and patented technologies related to bamboo and over 2000 ongoing studies, encompassing different segments, like food, art, architecture, paper production, and clothing, in which its natural fiber is used to manufacture high quality artificial silk. In 2011, the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications (MCTIC) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) with the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (MOST) to strengthen the bamboo production chain in Brazil. One of the goals of such partnership is to make the training of Brazilian professionals in China possible. That was the case of civil engineer Vitor Marçal, from the Brazilian Association of Bamboo Growers (APROBAMBU) and the Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology researcher Jonny Pereira, among many other researchers and professionals who work in the different segments that compose the bamboo production chain in Brazil. Brazil has the largest bamboo biodiversity of the Americas and one of the largest in the world, with about four million hectares of forests in the Amazon biome alone and more than 230 species that are native to Brazil, practically in all Brazilian regions. In 2013, Embrapa strengthened the development of bamboo research through a research project developed in partnership with two research units - Embrapa Acre (Rio Branco, AC) and Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (Brasília, DF) - as well as with the University of Brasilia (UnB) and the Federal University of Acre (UFAC). The main focus of the visit to Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology was discussing the means to increase the submission of Chinese bamboo varieties to Brazil. The CAT delegation intends to make this process simpler and quicker through more specific cooperation instruments for that purpose. The general head of the Unit, José Manuel Cabral, who welcomed the delegation with other researchers, pledged to send TCP (Technical Cooperation Projects) templates to strengthen the partnership between the two countries. “Besides the exchange of genetic material, the joint work with China is going to involve research on the adaptation of the Chinese species to Brazilian conditions, genetic characterization, conservation and multiplication from in vitro propagation techniques. The delegation is also going to visit Acre, where they will learn about experiences from local bamboo growers, São Paulo and Manaus. Translation: Mariana Medeiros