 The Ministry of Education and Shaanxi Province Government proposed to merge the 7 scientific organizations to 1 new University and finally get approved by State Council in 1999, thus establishing Northwest A&F University.The university expanded rapidly and has Top 3 research and teaching quality in China's agriculture universities and is a member of "Project 985" club which is an organization of 39 reputable universities in China.Northwest A&F University's research achievements are dominant in the fields of agriculture biology including wheat breeding, entomology, agriculture resource management, horticulture, plant protection, food science (especially in Enology), forestry and veterinary.