China News Service, Beijing, April 28 (Reporter Chen Su) The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China issued the "National Livestock and Poultry Genetic Improvement Plan (2021-2035)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") on the 28th, clarifying the next 15 years Target tasks and technical routes for genetic improvement of major livestock and poultry in China to meet the increasing demand of residents for "eat good meat".
On the same day, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a press conference to introduce the "Plan".
Sun Haoqin, deputy director of the China National Animal and Poultry Genetic Resources Committee and deputy director of the Seed Management Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that since the founding of New China, China's livestock and poultry seed industry has continued to develop, but the overall situation has been scattered, small, and slow for a long time.
From 2008 to 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs implemented the first round of genetic improvement program for livestock and poultry. After twelve years of hard work, the performance level of livestock and poultry production has been significantly improved, and the core species-derived supply rate exceeds 75%.
On the whole, China's livestock and poultry seed sources are guaranteed domestically, and risks can be controlled, which basically solves the problem of "is there" or "is enough" of good breeds of livestock and poultry.
"While seeing the achievements, we should also clearly see that compared with the advanced level of foreign countries, there is still a lot of gaps. China's independent breeding ability needs to be strengthened. For example, the white feather broiler has not yet made a breakthrough, and the annual average supply of breeding sows The number of fattening pigs is about 30% lower than that of developed countries, and the level of dairy cows is only 80% of the international advanced level. The development level of national livestock and poultry core breeding farms is uneven, and the overall strength of livestock and poultry enterprises is weak and their competitiveness is not strong." Shi Jianzhong, deputy director of the Poultry Genetic Resources Committee and Secretary of the Party Committee of the National Animal Husbandry Station, said frankly that if these problems are not resolved, the rapid development of China's animal husbandry will be severely restricted, and the modernization of animal husbandry will also be difficult to achieve.
On the basis of solving the problem of residents’ “eat meat”, in order to comprehensively improve the level of agricultural modernization and further meet the residents’ growing demand for “eat good meat and eat diverse foods”, the Central Economic Work Conference and the Central Rural Work Conference specialize in fighting against each other. The overall deployment of Hao Seed's turnaround has also become an important background for China to launch a new round of livestock and poultry genetic improvement programs and independent innovation in the livestock and poultry seed industry.
Sun Haoqin introduced that the implementation period of the new round of genetic improvement plan for livestock and poultry is from 2021 to 2035, and strives to build a relatively complete commercial breeding system within 10-15 years to significantly improve the production performance and quality of breeding livestock and poultry. Cultivate a batch of breakthrough varieties with international competitiveness to ensure independent control of the core source of livestock and poultry. Focus on the development of live pigs, dairy cows, beef cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys and other livestock breeds, laying hens, broilers, waterfowl and other poultry breeds, as well as bees, silkworms and other breeds. It is necessary to comprehensively strengthen independent innovation, comprehensively strengthen the breeding foundation, comprehensively strengthen the breeding system, comprehensively strengthen the main body of the enterprise, build a group of leading enterprises with core research and development capabilities and industry-driven driving force, and improve corporate brand influence and market competitiveness. (Finish)