Professor Xuewen Gao, from the College of Plant Protection at Nanjing Agricultural University, visited the Laboratory of Soil Carbon and Microbial Ecology with the purpose of strengthening ties between Russian and Chinese scientific groups and discussing joint research and projects in the fields of soil microbiology and phytopathology. As part of the working visit, a meeting titled «Prospects for Russian-Chinese Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Agricultural and Soil Microbiology» was organized, during which Professor Gao presented a scientific report on «Exploration and Utilization of PGPR Bacillus Resources». Additionally, the working meeting included the participation of employees from the Laboratory of Soil Carbon and Microbial Ecology, the Faculty of Soil Science at Lomonosov Moscow State University, the All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, and the Federal Scientific Center for Biological Plant Protection.