China News Service, April 28. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a press conference on the new round of livestock and poultry genetic improvement plans on the 28th.
Liu Junyong, spokesperson of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and deputy director of the General Office, pointed out at the meeting that it is necessary to comprehensively strengthen the main body of the enterprise, support the livestock and poultry seed industry enterprises to become stronger and bigger, specialized and refined, and create a group of core R&D capabilities and industry driving forces. Leading companies to improve corporate brand influence and market competitiveness.
Data map: Intelligent dairy farming workshop in Litong District, Wuzhong City, Ningxia.
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Liu Junyong said that today the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the "National Livestock and Poultry Genetic Improvement Plan (2021-2035)", which clarified the target tasks and technical routes for the genetic improvement of major livestock and poultry in my country in the next 15 years.
As the second round of livestock and poultry genetic improvement program initiated at the national level, it puts forward the main direction of advancing the high-quality development of the livestock and poultry breeding industry in 2035 based on the "14th Five-Year Plan". An important action to turn the industry around.
Liu Junyong introduced the situation from two aspects:
Regarding the background of the preparation of the new round of national livestock and poultry genetic improvement plans, he pointed out that since the founding of New China, my country’s livestock and poultry breeding industry has been developing continuously, but on the whole it has been in a scattered, small, and slow state for a long time.
From 2008 to 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs implemented the first round of livestock and poultry genetic improvement programs, covering six major livestock species including dairy cows, live pigs, beef cattle, laying hens, broilers and sheep.
After twelve years of hard work, the performance level of livestock and poultry production has been significantly improved, the overall and systematic development of the livestock and poultry seed industry has been significantly improved, and the core species sourced supply rate has exceeded 75%.
On the whole, the source of domestic livestock and poultry is guaranteed and the risks can be controlled. This basically solves the problem of "is there" or "enough" of the improved breeds of livestock and poultry in my country, and provides strong source support for the healthy and stable development of animal husbandry.
During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, to implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern, accelerate the modernization of agriculture and rural areas, and adapt to the people's yearning for a better life, my country's livestock and poultry seed industry must reach a new level.
First, the central government has clear requirements.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee and the State Council have attached great importance to the development of the seed industry.
This year’s No. 1 Central Document and the State Council’s opinions on promoting the high-quality development of animal husbandry made it clear that the plan for genetic improvement of livestock and poultry should be implemented.
Second, there is an urgent need in the industry.
With the continuous acceleration of the scale and standardization of animal husbandry, the demand for stable and high-quality livestock and poultry seed sources is becoming more and more urgent.
The people's demand for "there are meat to eat, to eat good meat, and to eat more variety" is growing day by day.
From the perspective of my country’s livestock and poultry source guarantee, the source of yellow feather broiler, laying hen, and white feather duck can achieve self-sufficiency and competitiveness; the source of live pigs, dairy cows, and beef cattle can be basically self-sufficient, but the performance is still comparable to the world’s advanced level. There is a big gap, and individual provenances are mainly imported from abroad.
To continuously meet new demands, it is necessary to coordinate deployment arrangements at the national level and make up for shortcomings as soon as possible.
The third is successful international experience.
It is a common practice in developed countries to formulate and implement a medium and long-term strategic plan for livestock and poultry breeding.
For example, the Danish government has led the organization and implementation of the national pig breeding program for a hundred years.
The United States, through the implementation of the dairy cattle population genetic improvement program, has increased milk production by nearly two times in 50 years.
Liu Junyong said that this year is the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan", and my country will embark on a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, and will basically realize the modernization of agriculture and rural areas in 2035.
The Central Economic Work Conference and the Central Rural Work Conference made overall arrangements for the turnaround of the seed industry, pointing out the main direction for the formulation and implementation of a new round of livestock and poultry genetic improvement plans and independent innovation in the livestock and poultry breeding industry, and provided basic follow-ups.
Regarding the main content of the new round of national livestock and poultry genetic improvement plan, Liu Junyong pointed out that the new round of livestock and poultry genetic improvement plan insists on systematic planning, classified implementation of policies, focusing on key points, and precise efforts. Strong" problem.
The implementation period is from 2021 to 2035. The main content can be summarized as: aiming at one main direction, covering three major development areas, focusing on four comprehensive enhancements, and grasping the relationship in five aspects.
"One main direction of attack": It is to strive to build a relatively complete commercial breeding system in 10-15 years, significantly improve the production performance and quality of breeding livestock and poultry, and independently cultivate a batch of breakthrough breeds with international competitiveness. Ensure that the core source of livestock and poultry is autonomous and controllable.
The "three major development areas": include livestock breeds such as live pigs, dairy cows, beef cattle, sheep, horses, and donkeys, poultry breeds such as laying hens, broilers, and waterfowl, as well as bees and silkworms.
"Four comprehensive enhancements": It is to comprehensively strengthen independent innovation, take high-quality development as the main line, highlight the improvement of dominant varieties, focus on the development and utilization of local varieties, and improve the development and application capabilities of key breeding technologies; comprehensively strengthen the breeding foundation, Carry out high-efficiency and intelligent performance measurement, build a big data platform for the breeding innovation chain, and improve genetic evaluation support service capabilities; it is necessary to comprehensively strengthen the breeding system, rely on the national livestock and poultry core breeding farms, and support the development of innovative elements that effectively gather and market mechanisms Joint breeding entities to improve core seed source cultivation capabilities. It is necessary to comprehensively strengthen the main body of the enterprise, support livestock and poultry seed industry enterprises to become stronger, bigger, and specialized, build a group of leading enterprises with core research and development capabilities and industrial driving force, and improve the enterprise Brand influence and market competitiveness.
"Five aspects of the relationship: focus on grasping the relationship between inheritance and innovation, government and market, central and local, independent and open, current and long-term relationships, which better reflects the scientific, strategic and forward-looking nature.