Yang Lingliang has not been introduced to intellectual property in the world.

The original title: the seeds of "Agricultural Science City" bloom all over the field of hope.

Yangling Agricultural High-tech Industry demonstration Zone (Network Picture)

The Peasants each seed that's snow in spring will make autumn yields high. Qingming Festival is the season of "planting melons and sprinkling beans". During an interview with the Yangling Agricultural High-tech Industry demonstration Zone, which is known as China's "agricultural science city," the reporter found that small seeds have formed a large industry here. Driven by strong scientific research advantages and demonstration, wheat, corn, rape, watermelon and other improved varieties bred by "Agricultural Science City" are blooming in the north and south of the country.

Agricultural highlands bring up a hundred "species" together.

Yangling demonstration Zone is the only agricultural high-tech industrial demonstration zone in China, and it is also an important base for seed research and promotion in China. Since the founding of New China, wheat has been renewed six times, four of which are dominated by Yang Ling, and the utilization of rape heterosis has always been in the leading position in the world. Relying on the agricultural research platform, Yangling has cultivated more than 300 new varieties of agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry by means of introduction and breeding, cross breeding, distant hybridization and genetic engineering, and the output value of the new varieties bred and propagated by Yangling has exceeded 1 trillion yuan.

Shaanxi Weilong Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. is a large-scale local seed enterprise, and its wheat seed has become the only "Shaanxi famous brand product" in Shaanxi seed industry. Chairman Xu Yonglin told reporters that the development of the company benefited from Yang Ling's expert advantage. "Wang Hui, Gao Rusong and an Hongwei, who are well-known breeding experts throughout the country, all served as members of the company's expert group after retirement." Pointing to the green wheat seedlings in the distance, he said, "these are the new varieties that professors are experimenting with."

"the people are agriculture-oriented, and farmers put seed first. One seed can change the world. " Xiao Yongxian, director of the Agricultural Bureau of Yangling demonstration Zone, said that Yangling currently has nearly 1000 scientists and educators from nine state-level key disciplines engaged in biological genetics and breeding research, facing the northwest and national markets. more than 200 demonstration and extension bases for new varieties and technologies have been established in 18 provinces and regions, covering an area of more than 100 million mu, and has become one of the most important agricultural and animal husbandry seed distribution centers in northwest China.

The reporter found that the development of Yangling seed industry is not only driven by experts, but also plays an important role in policy support. The Yangling demonstration Zone strives to build Yangling into a "depression" for the agricultural scientific and technological achievements of the seed industry at home and abroad, a "highland" for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and a "gathering place" for agricultural scientific and technological talents. The demonstration area sets aside 10 million yuan every year to set up a special fund for the development of the seed industry. at present, 26 projects, such as the construction of the public service system of the seed industry, variety innovation, and capacity building for seed production, have been supported.

Innovation and development make improved varieties bloom everywhere

"seed research and development is in Yangling, and seed management is also in Yangling." this has become the consensus of many seed companies. Relying on industrial agglomeration and policy support, Yangling now has 26 seed production and operation enterprises, with a total annual seed sales of more than 18000 tons. Among them, many seed enterprises have moved to Yangling from other places, and through the industrial demonstration of Yangling, they have sold the improved varieties to the whole country.

Shaanxi Jinpeng seed Industry Company, which cultivated the best series of pink tomato varieties in China, was first established in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, and has been the largest tomato breeding enterprise in China since 2002. "when we chose the location of the R & D center, we took a fancy to Yang Ling's scientific research and policy advantages." General Manager Li Xiaodong said that after the company entered Yangling in 2010, with the good development environment of Yangling seed industry, the tomato seeds selected by the company have become one of the largest tomato varieties in China. Jinpeng M6, a pink tomato variety independently developed and promoted, has also been exported to the United States, the European Union and Israel, and even become the main tomato variety in the Russian far East.

Xi'an Runtai Apple Variety Development Co., Ltd. is a private enterprise cooperating with German enterprises to carry out research, breeding and promotion of high-acid apple varieties, benefiting from Yang Ling's agricultural and policy advantages, the company has grown rapidly since it moved from Xi'an to Yangling Modern Agricultural demonstration Park. at present, the company's improved varieties and seedlings have been exported to Shandong, Henan, Shanxi and other apple producing areas.

"at present, grain seeds have a strict examination and approval system, and if seeds want to go beyond the provincial boundaries, they must innovate their development models." Bu Jianjun, general manager of Datang seed Company, which mainly deals with corn and wheat breeding, told reporters that since 2015, the company has established a consortium with other domestic seed enterprises to enable the improved varieties selected by the company to take root outside the province.

"for example, the 'Northwest Silk Road Corn Association' led by us brings together the strength of nine seed enterprises in the northwest, each of which has different advantages in production, R & D and marketing. The consortium paves the way for the promotion of improved varieties through the commonality of scientific research achievements and the sharing of breeding information." Bu Jianjun said.

The deficiency of intellectual property protection needs to be made up.

The reporter found that Yang Ling took the lead in seed research and development and promotion in the country, but she was faced with the trouble of "growth". Many entrepreneurs believe that the independent innovation mechanism with enterprises as the main body and marketization as the goal has not yet been formed, and there is a particular deficiency in the protection of intellectual property rights of improved varieties.

Xiao Yongxian said: seeds have experienced a long history of unified purchase and marketing, and new varieties are still distributed to farmers by the state at the turn of the century. Although it is now fully market-oriented, many people still feel that the seeds are given by the state. Some enterprises have little legal awareness and wantonly infringe upon the intellectual property rights of other enterprises, resulting in the phenomenon of "Bad money drives out good" in the market.

When the reporter went to the R & D center of Jinpeng seed Company, he saw that the door was locked in broad daylight. After calling the door for a long time, the staff came to verify their identity and opened the door. "the patents of our seed companies are not in the computer or in the laboratory, but in the greenhouse. Without this physical means to prevent thieves, the results of our research will be stolen. " Li Xiaodong said helplessly.

In the interview, many entrepreneurs expressed concern about the protection of intellectual property rights. Bu Jianjun says his company spends 7% of its annual funding on scientific research, while the cost of other companies stealing new varieties is almost zero. "as long as there are relevant technical conditions, some 'shanzhai' enterprises can steal our intellectual property rights without much trouble. The seed industry is a low-profit industry with a large investment and a long return cycle. due to the shortcomings of intellectual property protection, many enterprises even 'die' in the early research and development. "

The person in charge of Yang Ling's seed enterprises said that the intellectual property protection of improved varieties must be improved as soon as possible, and efforts must be made to crack down on fake and shoddy seeds. In this way, the seeds of "Agricultural Science City" will usher in a more gorgeous spring. (Xinhua News Agency, Xi'an, April 4th, by reporter Shuyun Liu and Xin Zheng)