Hosted by Qilu Normal University and HarvestPlus-China and co-organized by the Chinese Society for Plant Biology, the HarvestPlus-China Workshop 2016 was held in Jinan from August 10 to August 12, 2016. Over 80 experts and professors on food nutrition from the United States, Australia, Denmark, Brazil, the Netherlands and Philippines attended the workshop. President Wang Yuhua delivered a welcoming speech on behalf of Qilu Normal University, hosts and Jinan.