Lay a solid foundation for the layout of the regional formation of the seed industry nationwide, and promote the revitalization of the seed industry in a down-to-earth manner

On the first anniversary of the central government's issuance of the action plan for the revitalization of the seed industry, the special class of seed industry of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the special class of seed science and technology innovation of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences recently carried out joint learning activities in the national crop and agricultural microbial germplasm resource bank
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Xie Yan, second-level inspector of the Department of Seed Industry Management, Qian Qian, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the Institute of Crop Science, Wang Xiufang, secretary of the Party Committee of the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Zhang Junmin, deputy director of the Science and Technology Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ma Youzhi, deputy director of the Institute of Crop Science, and Li Lihui, deputy director of the Institute of Crop Science and director of the Crop Germplasm Resources Center, attended the event
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With the theme of conservation and utilization of agricultural germplasm resources, this activity visited the national germplasm resource bank and conducted special discussions and exchanges
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Researcher Wei Hailei introduced the history and storage status of agricultural microbial germplasm resources conservation in China, and displayed rich and diverse conservation methods and preservation achievements on the spot.
Researcher Xin Xia introduced the great significance of the construction of the new national crop germplasm resource bank, and made a wonderful display
of the important achievements of resource sharing and development and utilization.
In the discussion and exchange stage, Guo Gang of the Seed Science and Technology Innovation Work Class of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences reported on the work related to accurate crop identification, Meng Fei, the special class of seed industry of the Ministry of Education, shared the results and latest progress of the census of livestock and poultry genetic resources, and everyone also had in-depth exchanges
on the construction of germplasm banks and resource publicity.
At the same time, Wu Kaifeng, Department of Seed Industry Management, organized the seed industry regional formation research team to report the progress of the national seed industry regional formation research, and the leading experts attending the meeting gave on-site guidance
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Everyone said that through field visits and thematic exchanges, they had a comprehensive understanding of the protection and utilization of agricultural microorganisms and crop germplasm resources in China, enhanced their understanding of the strategic, basic and public welfare status of agricultural germplasm resources, and firmly established the mission of
promoting the revitalization of the seed industry.
Researchers of the regional formation of the seed industry said that they will speed up the revision and improvement of the research report in accordance with the opinions and suggestions put forward by leading experts to lay a solid foundation
for the construction of the regional formation layout of the national seed industry.

Xie Yan emphasized that the establishment of the special class for seed science and technology innovation of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences is not only a powerful measure for the party group of the academy to implement the decision-making and deployment of the party central committee and the State Council on the revitalization of the seed industry, but also a specific action
to strengthen resource coordination and accelerate the promotion of self-reliance and self-improvement in seed science and technology.
The special class of the Ministry of Seed Industry should establish a regular communication mechanism with the special class of seed science and technology innovation of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, organize and carry out regular thematic exchanges, further promote the joint construction of joint learning, and contribute to
the solid promotion of the revitalization of the seed industry.
(Editor Li Chuang)