In 2016，the public opinions in foreign media concerning agriculture，farmers and rural Areas of China exhibited an upward trend. Foreign media mainly focused on China’s agricultural trade and international agricultural cooperation development，along with China’s domestic agricultural policy，migrant workers，dairy industry，fisheries，etc. “Overseas mergers and acquisitions” and “trade frictions” became the key words. Following events aroused heated discussion in foreign media，including ChemChina’s acquisition of Syngenta，Chinese/Australian consortium’s acquisition of the largest Australian livestock company Kidman，China conditionally lifts ban on US beef，as well as US litigation against China on its tariff rate on rice，wheat and corn，etc.