Promote the leapfrog development of modern seed industry by innovation

Since the beginning of this year, the seed industry has persisted in "changing the mode and adjusting the structure" of agriculture, thoroughly promoted the reform of the scientific research system and tackling key problems in breeding innovation, accelerated the construction of national breeding and seed production bases, strengthened market supervision and protection of rights and interests of the seed industry, supported the innovative development of seed enterprises, and made new progress in promoting the development of modern seed industry.

New breakthroughs were made in deepening the reform of the scientific research system of the seed industry. Through the measures of empowerment in accordance with the law, public transformation, and classified management, the pilot project of equity reform has established an innovation mechanism of targeting the market for scientific research, docking industries for achievements, and serving enterprises for scientific research personnel, and stimulated the vitality of innovation. The new achievements of the pilot units have more than doubled, and the benefits of relying on platform transactions and equity conversion have reached more than 77 million yuan. The policy of encouraging part-time scientific research personnel in the seed industry has been introduced, which has promoted the flow of scientific and technological talents and achievements to enterprises. Driven by the reform, science and technology enterprises have cooperated more closely, and their enthusiasm for innovation has been significantly improved. The number of applications for new variety protection this year will exceed 2000, an average annual increase of 30 per cent over the 12th five-year Plan.

New steps have been made in the construction of national seed breeding and production bases. With the approval of the State Council, the plan for the National Southern Propagation Research and breeding Base has been promulgated and implemented, and 268000 mu of Southern Propagation Reserve will be established, and the central government will allocate 190 million yuan this year. The Development and Reform Commission approved the central budget investment of 370 million yuan, and started to implement the project of Gansu maize seed production base. The central government has separately allocated 300 million yuan to increase the reward and subsidy for major counties in seed production, and the pilot project of hybrid rice, corn and wheat seed production insurance supported by the government has reached 1.6 million mu, promoting the concentration of seed production bases to dominant areas. national corn and rice seed production bases account for more than 70% and 55% of the country.

New progress has been made in enterprise breeding innovation and merger and reorganization. The variety green channel of the integrated enterprise of breeding, propagation and promotion has been implemented smoothly. This year, more than 1300 varieties have been tested by enterprises themselves, and 10 corn varieties have passed the national examination. Enterprises and scientific research institutions were organized to jointly tackle key problems, demonstrate and screen corn and soybean varieties, and a number of promising varieties suitable for machine harvest, high yield and stress resistance emerged. At present, there are more than 4400 seed enterprises across the country, half less than in 2010; mergers and restructuring of enterprises have been accelerated, the market concentration of the top 50 is more than 35%, and 18 enterprises have been listed on the "new third board". The proportion of scientific research investment in backbone enterprises has reached 5%, and the R & D capability has been continuously enhanced. The average number of annual applications for new varieties in enterprises during the 12th five-year Plan increased by 120% compared with that of the Eleventh five-year Plan.

New achievements have been made in the legal construction and market supervision of the seed industry. The newly revised seed Law, which has been examined and adopted by the National people's Congress, reflects the new requirements of market-oriented reform, streamlining administration and delegating powers, standardizing management, strict supervision, protection and innovation, and will be implemented on January 1, 2016. Through continuous actions such as seed counterfeiting protection, base special rectification, and regional anti-counterfeiting, we have supervised the investigation and handling of key cases and the disclosure of results, implemented DNA identity identification and traceability management, curbed the frequent occurrence of illegal acts such as infringement and counterfeiting, the market order continued to improve, the qualified rate of seed quality sampling inspection reached 99%, and the e-commerce marketing mode of the seed industry developed rapidly.

During the 13th five-year Plan period, the development of modern seed industry will closely focus on the transformation of the development mode of serving agriculture and the general requirements of national food security, adhere to varieties as the main line, accelerate the stimulation of seed industry innovation vitality and enhance the breeding innovation ability of enterprises in the deepening reform; tap the "green" development potential in variety innovation and speed up a new round of variety upgrading In the overall layout, we should coordinate to promote the systematic construction of superior bases to ensure the safety of seed supply, encourage enterprises to "go out" in the course of opening up and development, cultivate new competitive advantages, and improve the international competitiveness of the seed industry.