Inauguration of New China-UK International Centre for Research on Avian Diseases
On 11 April 2015 a new joint China-United Kingdom International Centre for Research on Avian Diseases was officially opened at a ceremony in Binzhou, China.
The joint centre has bought the Avian Viral Diseases (AVD) programme at The Pirbright Institute and the Shandong Binzhou Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Academy in China together to create a virtual Research Institute with state-of-the-art laboratory capability for avian disease research for scientists from academic institutes in both countries.