Guangzhou and Shenzhen will speed up the creation of an international seed industry Silicon Valley

On September 7, the Information Office of the People's Government of Guangdong Province held a press conference on the "14th Five-Year Plan for Promoting Agricultural and Rural Modernization in Guangdong Province" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan")

As the action plan to guide the implementation of the province's rural revitalization strategy at present and in the future and the main basis for the preparation of the province's agricultural and rural related plans, the "Planning" clarifies the development goals of Guangdong's agricultural and rural modernization during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.

Gu Xingwei, director of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Agriculture Office, director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and director of the Provincial Rural Revitalization Bureau, introduced that in order to more effectively promote the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, the "Planning" proposed 43 major agricultural and rural projects with a planned total investment of 537.

Among the 43 major agricultural and rural projects, the "Planning" puts forward specific requirements for Shenzhen mainly on the "Agricultural Science and Technology Support Capacity Improvement Project"

"During the '14th Five-Year Plan' period, we will strengthen the three major safeguards of technology assistance to agriculture, business logistics assistance to agriculture, and financial

Guangdong is a big province in the seed industry, and has good basic advantages in seed industry innovation and new variety cultivation

In order to fully promote the revitalization of the seed industry, the "Planning" proposes to start the core seed source scientific and technological research

Referring to the future goals, Gu Xingwei said that Guangdong plans to use 3 years to find out the germplasm resources of four categories of crops, livestock and poultry, aquatic products and agricultural microorganisms in the province, collect them and protect them, so as to ensure that all the germplasm resources in the province should be collected and collected.

(He Tao and Peng Zhiduan)

"China Food News" (September 09, 2021 Edition 07)

(Editor-in-charge: Yuan Guofeng)