Yao Ming, Counselor of Chinese Embassy in Kenya, inaugurates the Kenya-China Joint Laboratory for Crop Molecular Biology at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya, Oct. 14, 2016. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

NAIROBI, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Kenya and China have inaugurated a joint laboratory for crop molecular biology in Nakuru, Kenya.

The laboratory is to help enhance the genetic improvement in horticultural crops and other crops in Kenya at the molecular level.

Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2016 shows the Kenya-China Joint Laboratory for Crop Molecular Biology at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

Representatives from China and Kenya visit the Kenya-China Joint Laboratory for Crop Molecular Biology at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya, Oct. 14, 2016.(Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

A Kenyan representative looks at the equipment while visiting the Kenya-China Joint Laboratory for Crop Molecular Biology at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya, Oct. 14, 2016. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

Students of Egerton University visit the Kenya-China Joint Laboratory for Crop Molecular Biology at Egerton University in Nakuru, Kenya, Oct. 14, 2016. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)