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XI’AN, April 20 (Xinhua) — Three months before graduation, Notipa Kraan saw a golden opportunity while completing her master’s thesis on the China-Thailand Free Trade Agreement.
“We are very proud of our rice and I hope more Chinese people can try it,” said Notipa.
She said that agricultural products have already enjoyed the tax exemption policy of the free trade agreement, but most of the Thai rice sold in Chinese supermarkets is imported through normal channels and has not enjoyed the preferential treatment of the free trade agreement.
This means there is at least a 20 percent price margin, leaving huge market potential, she added.
Nontipha Kraan was born in Phuket and started learning Chinese when she was in high school in Bangkok. In 2014, she decided to study at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University in Yangling, Shaanxi.
“As the main initiator of the Belt and Road Initiative and ASEAN “I think China is a country full of opportunities, which is why I came here to study,” she said.
Thousands of years ago, Yangling was the cradle of Chinese agriculture. Since 1997, it has become a national agricultural high-tech industry demonstration zone. Most of China’s agricultural technologies, crop varieties, and agricultural management models were born here.
On April 1, China’s Shaanxi Free Trade Zone was officially established, and Nontipa checked the agricultural product import policy as soon as possible.
“I’m about to publish a paper on Thai rice, so I believe I’ll be good at sourcing. I’m familiar with Chinese culture and policies, and I can speak fluent Chinese, which gives me a lot of advantages,” she said.
“I wanted to start here because I already knew Yang Ling,” she said. “Even if I failed, I still had friends and teachers here who would take me in and listen to my tragic story.”
In November last year, the school established the “Silk Road Agricultural Education Innovation Alliance” with 59 universities and research institutions from 12 “Belt and Road” countries. Currently, there are nearly 200 students from “Belt and Road” countries studying at the school, of which nearly 90% are international students.
Zheng said that many international students like Nondipak Krayan choose to stay in China after graduation, hoping to accumulate more practical experience and make greater contributions after returning home.
“I want to develop my career in China. Eventually I will return to Thailand, but I hope I will be 50 by then,” said Notipa.
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