H.E. Liu Zhenmin, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, read the message by UN Secretary-General H.E. António Guterres at the 5th World Shiology Forum.

H.E. Wu Hongbo, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General read the foreword to the Global Food Systems and SDGs Report by H.E. Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations.

H.E. Siddharth Chatterjee, UN Resident Coordinator in China, delivered a welcome speech.

Zhu Juwang, Director, Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, and Officer-in-Charge, Division for Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, delivered a video speech.

Tom Dietmar Heilandt, Former Secretary Codex Alimentarius Commission (FAO/WHO), delivered a welcome speech. Liu Guangwei, Founder and Director-General of the World Shiology Forum, delivered a keynote speech.

Parviz Koohafkan, President, World Agricultural Heritage Forum, delivered a keynote speech.

Walter Belik, Deputy Director-General, Zero Hunger Institute, delivered a keynote speech.

Alessandra Guidi, Professor and Former Vice President, University of Pisa, Italy delivered a keynote speech.

Claude Caldwell, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Canada, delivered a keynote speech.

Ebrima Jarra, Executive Director, The Soil Solution (NGO), Gambia, delivered a keynote speech.

Sinafa Robby, Lecturer in Animal Health and Biosecurity, Papua New Guinea UNRE, delivered a speech.