The first China Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Forum promoted by Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Agricultural and People’s Government of Hainan Province was held in Boao, Hainan Province in the 15th and 16th of January . Zhang Wei, the assistant president of Sinochem Group and general manager of China National Seed Group Co., Ltd. was invited to give the report Accelerate Innovation in Technology to Achieve Leap-forward Development of China's Seed Industry, which was strongly agreed by the delegates.
This forum is a relatively lager in scale and far-reaching event in resent years in seed industry, with the theme as Develop Seed Science and Technology, Ensuring Food Security. More than 800 people were invited to attend the event, including domestic influential academics, professionals and heads of relevant government departments and leading enterprises in seed business. In his speech, Zhang Wei reviewed the development of seed business in both China and the world, on which he also brought forward the systemic policy recommendations for deepening the industrialization of China’s seed industry.
Besides, commissioned by the Ministry of Science and Technology, in the seminar Chinese Seed Enterprise Development presided over by him, Zhang Wei also had in-depth discussions with seed experts and entrepreneurs about the mode and means for China seed companies building up core competitiveness.
According to the conference arrangement, as the representative of China seed enterprises, Zhang Wei reported to Liu Yangdong, the State Councilor, Wan Gang, the Vice-Chairman of CPPCC National Committee and Minister of Ministry of Science of Technology, Chen Xiwen, the deputy head of Central Rural Wrok Leading Group respectively, about how Sinochem is committed to the protection of China’s agricultural security and the development of agricultural inputs business to build a state-level strong seed enterprise, which gained affirmation from these authorities.
During the forum, representatives from the company also had in-depth communication with well-known academicians and the heads of main China seed research institutes and enterprises, which reached broad consensus about the strategy of combining production and research together in seed business.
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