泰国农业硕士学生农提帕·克拉昂在陕西杨凌西北农林科技大学完成学业期间，发现了中泰农产品贸易中的商机。[1]农提帕在撰写关于中泰自由贸易协定的论文时发现，泰国大米在中国市场的销售渠道尚未充分利用协定优势，存在至少20%以上的价格空间。[1]中泰自由贸易协定已对农产品实行豁免关税政策，农提帕计划充分利用这一优势向中国销售泰国大米。[1]
农提帕于2014年进入西北农林科技大学学习。[1]她期待先在杨凌创业，积累经验后再回到泰国发展。[1]该校启动了丝绸之路农业教育创新联盟，已吸收来自"一带一路"沿线12个国家的59所大学和研究机构参与，近200名来自相关国家的留学生在校就读，占海外学生总数近90%。[1]
Nontipa Kla-ngam, an agricultural graduate student from Thailand, is pursuing an ambitious business venture after completing her studies at Northwest A&F University in Yangling, Shaanxi Province [1]. While researching the China-Thailand Free Trade Agreement for her thesis, she identified a significant market opportunity, discovering that Thai rice sold in China carries a price margin of over 20 percent that remains largely untapped [1].
Kla-ngam plans to leverage the FTA's agricultural tariff exemptions to establish rice exports from Thailand to China, with initial plans to launch her business in Yangling before eventually expanding operations back to Thailand [1]. The timing aligns with growing institutional support for trade partnerships; in April, the Shaanxi Free Trade Zone was formally established, and in November, the university launched the Silk Road Agricultural Education Innovation Alliance, which encompasses 59 universities and research institutions across 12 Belt and Road Initiative countries [1]. The university currently hosts nearly 200 students from Belt and Road nations, representing approximately 90 percent of its international student population [1].