The reporter of Shanghai Securities News learned that on the first anniversary of Academician Yuan Longping’s death, in order to inherit and carry forward Yuan Longping’s spirit and implement the action deployment of the central government to promote the revitalization of the seed industry, CITIC Group held the inaugural meeting of carrying forward Yuan Longping’s spirit and hybrid rice Innovation Research Alliance on May 21. Leaders of relevant government departments, academicians and expert representatives of scientific research institutions and heads of enterprises attended the meeting.
It is understood that the participants deeply cherish the memory of Academician Yuan Longping from the aspects of family and country feelings, ideal pursuit, truth-seeking innovation, dedication and cooperation, indifferent to fame and wealth, supporting postgraduates and loving life, and unanimously expressed that they will strive to inherit and Everbright hybrid rice cause and continuously contribute to the implementation of the action plan for the revitalization of seed industry and the protection of national food security.
The signing ceremony for the establishment of hybrid rice innovation and research alliance was held at the meeting. Under the guidance of competent government departments, the alliance was initiated by CITIC Group and its affiliated CITIC agriculture and Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Co.Ltd(000998) and jointly established by Nanjing Agricultural University, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Rice Research Institute, Crop Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan University, Rice Research Institute of Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Co.Ltd(000998) and other 10 units, It aims to further accelerate the key technology breakthrough of rice, jointly overcome, create and cultivate a number of breakthrough key technologies, germplasm resources and major varieties, continue to maintain the Shanghai New World Co.Ltd(600628) leading advantage of hybrid rice breeding in China, and meet the major strategic needs of the country.
Zhang Zhenhua, deputy director of the Department of science, technology and education of the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas, Xie Yan, the second level inspector of the seed industry management department of the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas, ou Yangbiao, deputy director of the Department of agriculture and rural areas of Hunan Province, and Liu Tiebing, the second level inspector of the Department of science and technology of Hunan Province, attended the meeting and congratulated on the establishment of the innovation research alliance. They said that the establishment of the alliance carried forward the fine tradition of the older generation of scientific researchers such as Academician Yuan Longping to carry out national cooperation under the leadership of the government in the last century. The alliance should adhere to resource sharing, mechanism co construction, talent co education, win-win cooperation and jointly create comprehensive technical solutions; Adhere to the guidance of industrial demand, enterprises as the main body and scientific research as the support, and explore the independent research of advantageous seed enterprises into the national breeding joint research plan.
As the representative of the initiator of the alliance, Wang Guoquan, deputy general manager of CITIC Group and chairman of CITIC agriculture, said that the safety of the seed industry is “the greatest of the country”, and the establishment of the alliance is an important measure to inherit the legacy of Academician Yuan Longping and carry forward the cause of hybrid rice. CITIC will continue to increase resource investment, give full play to the advantages of both finance and industry and the role of the “main force” of central enterprises, vigorously support the development of the alliance, and put forward four suggestions to the alliance, including making every effort to build a national seed industry innovation highland, jointly improving the ability of independent and controllable innovation, concentrating on improving the efficient collaborative innovation system and jointly cultivating high-level innovative talents. Mao Changqing, general manager of CITIC agriculture and director of Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Co.Ltd(000998) said that Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Co.Ltd(000998) will fully rely on the perfect market-oriented mechanism and strive to make the alliance an efficient platform for the transformation of scientific and technological achievements.
As representatives of scientific research institutions of the alliance members, 15 experts, including academician Wan Jianmin, academician Xie Huaan, academician Hu Peisong, Academician Qian Qian and academician Bai Lianyang, had in-depth exchanges on strengthening scientific research cooperation, building collaborative innovation ecology and promoting the combination of industry, University, research and application, and expressed that they would take the establishment of the alliance as an opportunity to further strengthen the cooperation between scientific research institutions and CITIC Group, CITIC agriculture and Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Co.Ltd(000998) .
