The office of the development advisory committee of Nanjing Agricultural University was established in April, 2012. Its functions mainly include: contacting members of the development advisory committee and regularly reporting university construction and development information to the alumni; organizing committee members to review, consult, guide and evaluate the long-term development plan and phase development goals of the university; seeking advice from committee members on major decisions such as orientation for running the university, training objectives, institutional reform and so on; organizing the annual meeting of the development advisory committee, etc