2021 No. 1 Central Document: Strengthening the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in the Field of Breeding

2021/03/02

 

Since the 21st century, the 18th Central Government No. 1 document to guide the work of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers" was released.
This document is entitled "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Comprehensively Promoting Rural Revitalization and Accelerating Agricultural and Rural Modernization". The full text consists of five parts, including: overall requirements, realization of consolidation and expansion of poverty alleviation achievements and effective linkage of rural revitalization, acceleration of agricultural modernization, vigorously implement rural construction activities and strengthen the party's overall leadership of the "three rural" work.
 
The document pointed out that strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights in the breeding field; developing green agricultural products, organic agricultural products and geographical indication agricultural products. The relevant content is summarized as follows:
 
Seeds are the foundation for agricultural modernization. Strengthen the protection, development and utilization of agricultural germplasm resources, speed up the third survey and collection of crop germplasm resources, livestock and poultry germplasm resources, and strengthen the construction of national crop, livestock, poultry and marine fishery biological germplasm resources. Provide long-term stable support for basic breeding research and key breeding projects. Speed up the implementation of major scientific and technological projects in agricultural biological breeding. In-depth implementation of joint research on crops and improved livestock and poultry breeds. Implement a new round of livestock and poultry genetic improvement plan and modern seed industry upgrading project. Respect science, strict supervision, and orderly promote the industrial application of biological breeding. Strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights in the breeding field. Support leading enterprises in the seed industry to establish a sound commercial breeding system, accelerate the construction of Southern Silicon Valley, strengthen the construction of seed production bases and improved seed breeding systems, study the development of major varieties and post-promotion subsidy policies, and promote the integrated development of breeding, breeding and promotion.
 
Implement the national black soil protection project and promote the mode of conservation farming. Improve the cropland fallow rotation system. Continue to promote the reduction and efficiency enhancement of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and promote green products and technologies for the prevention and control of crop diseases and insect pests. Strengthen the resource utilization of livestock and poultry manure. Comprehensively implement the comprehensive utilization of straw and the recycling of agricultural film and pesticide packaging, and strengthen the research and development and promotion of degradable agricultural film. Build a number of demonstration counties for comprehensive treatment of agricultural non-point source pollution in the Yangtze River Economic Zone and the Yellow River Basin. Support the construction of national agricultural green development pioneer areas. Strengthen the supervision of agricultural product quality and food safety, develop green agricultural products, organic agricultural products and geographically-indicated agricultural products, try out a certification system for edible agricultural products, and promote the creation of a national agricultural product quality and safety county.