South China Agricultural University Huanong University, for short, is a national key university with the advantages of agricultural science and life science and the characteristics of agricultural research in tropical and subtropical regions. It is a provincial University jointly built by the people's Government of Guangdong Province and the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas. It is a university built for the "211 Project" in Guangdong Province and a high-level university in Guangdong Province. It has been selected as the national characteristic key discipline project "Building Universities and colleges" The first batch of "Sanquan education" Reform Pilot Universities of the Ministry of education, the national model universities of deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, the receiving universities of Chinese government scholarship for foreign students in China, the national "excellent agriculture and forestry talents education and training plan" reform pilot universities, the National College Students' cultural quality education base, and the first batch of Universities' scientific and technological achievements transfer It is a member unit of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao University Alliance and CDIO Engineering Education Alliance.The school was founded in 1909 in Guangdong Province agricultural experimental farm and attached agricultural workshop. In 1952, South China Agricultural College was established by merging the Agricultural College of Sun Yat sen University, the Agricultural College of Lingnan University and the Department of animal husbandry and veterinary medicine and the Department of diseases and insect pests of the Agricultural College of Guangxi University. In 1984, it was renamed South China Agricultural University. In 2000, the school was put under the charge of Guangdong Province by the Ministry of agriculture.As of May 2019, Tianhe school headquarters is more than 4407 mu, Zengcheng teaching and research base is more than 3863 mu, with a total construction area of 1.45 million square meters; there are 26 Colleges (departments), There are 98 undergraduate majors, 11 postdoctoral research mobile stations, 12 doctoral degree authorized first-class disciplines, 1 doctoral degree category, 28 master degree authorized first-class disciplines, and 12 master degree categories; there are about 3400 teaching staff; there are more than 42000 full-time students, including more than 36000 undergraduates, more than 6000 postgraduates, and 133 international students.