In October 2012, the 4th CAER-IFPRI International Annual Conference held in China Agricultural University. The main theme of this conference is: "Transforming China’s Agricultural and Rural Sector: Challenges and Solutions ".

The conference jointly  organized by CAER editorial office, China agricultural university and International Food Policy Research Institute, and assisted by China agricultural economy society and British Emerald publishing group . The President of China agricultural university and more than 80 experts and scholars in the field of agricultural economy attended the conference.