From October 16 to October 21, 2017, Dr. Joseph Tenni, a senior researcher of Israel's Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), invited Prof. Hu Yongguang to attend the academic exchange. During this visit, Vice President Wei Xinhua welcomed the guests on behalf of the college and expects both sides to deepen their cooperation and exchange.

From the 17th to the 18th, Professor Hu Yongguang presided over the lecture and Dr. Joseph Taney talked about the basic elements of thermodynamics, the PM equation, the Bowen ratio, the eddy covariance and the surface renewal with the research results of Israel Agricultural Research Organization. And interact with our teachers and students. On the 19th, Professor Liu Jizhan presided over the symposium. Related teachers and researcher Joseph Taney held discussions on such hot topics as greenhouse structure, environmental control and access to information, and visited the greenhouses in schools. On the 20th, Prof. Hu Yongguang accompanied Dr. Joseph Taney to visit Maichun Chachang in Yunyang of Danyang City and Tea Garden in Jurong. During the visit, Dr. Hu Yongguang reached a cooperation intention on the next step of development, cooperation and future development.

Dr. Joseph Taney's research interests include agrometeorology, crop-water relations and greenhouse energy transmission. He has published more than 60 academic papers, of which 1 was cited as highly cited by the "Biological Systems Engineering".