The Agro-Environmental Protection Institute (AEPI), MOA is located in the Hi-Tech Industrial Park of Tianjin. The main research fields are pollution prevention and control, ecological and environmental safety inspection, environmental monitoring, environmental assessment and information service, etc. The Institute is equipped with more than 40 sets of modern instruments.

At present, there are 131 employees; among them 119 are scientists, including 14 professors, 33 associate professors and 39 middle rank researchers. 
 

Departments
♦ Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Safe-Product, MOA
♦ Agro-Environmental Monitoring Center, MOA
♦ Agro-Environmental Supervision, Inspection and Testing Center (Tianjin), MOA
♦ ECO-AGRICULTURE LABORATORY (Supervision, Inspection & Testing Center for Eco-Environment Safety of Genetically Modified Organisms)
♦ Environmental Impact Assessment Department
♦ Chinese Society of Agro-Ecological Environment Protection (CSAEEP)
♦ Journal of Agro-Environment Science
♦ Tianjin Oriental Green Technology Company

Main technology
♦ Fast detection of pesticides residue

♦ Immobilization technology for enzyme

♦ Multi-residue Analysis Technology for pesticides in Agro-food and Agro-environment

♦ Rapid testing paper for tracing Cd(Ⅱ), Hg(II) and Pb(II)

 ♦ Material for the adsorption and passivation of heavy metals in water and soil

♦ Composite Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (CABR) with Constructed Wetland Channels (CWC)
This innovative technology is a combination of Composite Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (CABR) with Constructed Wetland Channels (CWC), which is mainly used to treat rural domestic wastewater. It is characterized by low investment, low operation cost and high efficiency. The technology can be combined with landscape design.

♦ The research in and demonstration of reclaimed water irrigating farmland