Author: Yu Qizhang Source: Zhenghe Island (ID: zhenghedao).First, China's agriculture needs to be strengthened urgentlyIn the mid-90s of the 20th century, there was a "Brown whirlwind" in the world. The reason is that Lester Brown, a former policy adviser to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and director of the Worldwatch Institute, published an article titled "Who Will Feed China", in which he pointed out through a series of calculations that by 2030, China's grain harvest will only meet 425% of the demand, while the rest can only be met by importing food. In the end, the most confident answers to Brown's question of "who will be able to feed China in the future" were a group of agricultural scientists such as Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, Li Zhensheng, the king of hybrid wheat, and Li Denghai, an expert in corn breeding. They proved that science and technology can increase crop yields and Chinese can feed themselves. To this day, China's basic self-sufficiency in cereals and the red line of absolute food ration security are still well grasped. 
However, we cannot ignore that there is still a big gap between China's agricultural science and technology and developed countries. First, there is a lack of originality, leadership, and innovation capabilities in some frontier and cross-cutting fields. For example, there is a lack of major original achievements "from 0 to 1" in modern biotechnology such as genome-wide selection, gene editing, and synthetic biology, as well as emerging information technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, blockchain, and artificial intelligence, as well as their cross-integration and agricultural applications. Second, the yield level of grain crops is still on the low side. For example, corn yields are only 60 percent of those in the United States, and soybean yields are less than 60 percent of those in the United States. Third, the independent and controllable ability of some important provenances and agricultural machinery equipment is not strong. For example, the dominant breed of beef cattle is still heavily dependent on imports;Vegetables are the largest seed imports in China, and some varieties are almost completely dependent on importsThe shortcomings of agricultural machinery and equipment are prominent, and some high-end agricultural machinery, intelligent equipment or core components rely heavily on imports. Fourth, the technical reserves for green development are insufficient. For example, the effective utilization coefficient of irrigation water in China is only 056, there is a big gap with developed countries. Key technologies such as water-saving equipment, slow-release fertilizer, precision pesticide application, healthy breeding, cultivated land protection and utilization, and pollution control need to be broken through urgently. However, Brown's ** still has his objectivity, because today's China is indeed the world's largest grain importer, in 2022, China's grain imports will be 146.87 million tons, accounting for 21% of China's grain output of 686.53 million tons. While food security is guaranteed, imports of important crops such as soybeans and maize remain high. Taking soybeans as an example, in 2020 and 2022, China's soybean imports will be 100.33 million tons, 96.52 million tons, and 91.08 million tons, respectively, and China's soybean import dependence will exceed 80%, and because soybeans are the main raw materials for edible oil and feed, this means that China's edible oil, feed and pig raising costs are also seriously controlled by multinational grain merchants. Not to mention, the United States alone owns three of the four major multinational grain merchants that now control 80 percent of the world's grain. Today, when the world situation is becoming more severe and complex, China's agriculture needs to be strengthened urgently. The good news is that we are already seeing signs of a rise. Second, agricultural science and technology drive the riseSince the reform and opening up, especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's agricultural science and technology has accelerated its development, the innovation system has become more sound, the innovation ability has been significantly enhanced, and the grain output has been stable at 1 for many yearsMore than 3 trillion catties. In 2022, China's grain crop yield will be 3868 kg mu, compared with 68 per mu at the beginning of the founding of New China6 kilograms, the yield has increased by more than 5 times, and the per capita occupancy has also come to 486 kilograms, which is higher than the world average. And all this happened when the population of our country increased by 161 during the same period92% (According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the total number of Chinese population in 1949 was 5.)4.1 billion, the total number of Chinese population in 2022 is 141.7 billion), it is not easy. Tracing back to the source, it is inseparable from China's forward-looking layout in the field of agriculture. In 2015, the former Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the "Opinions on Deepening the Reform of Agricultural Science and Technology System and Mechanism and Accelerating the Implementation of the Innovation-Driven Development Strategy". In 2017, the former Ministry of Agriculture, together with the Ministry of Science and Technology and other five departments, issued the "Guiding Opinions on Expanding the Pilot Reform of the Development of Seed Industry Talents and the Rights and Interests of Scientific Research Results". In 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the "Guiding Opinions on Deepening the Reform of Innovation and Service Performance Evaluation of Agricultural Research Institutions". In 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the "14th Five-Year Plan" for the National Agricultural and Rural Science and Technology Development Plan, making it clear that by 2025, it will strive to break through a number of "stuck neck" technologies and short-board technologies that are controlled by others, greatly improve the original innovation ability in the agricultural field, and the overall strength of agricultural science and technology will rank first in the world, and the contribution rate of agricultural science and technology progress will reach 64%. The Supreme Leader further noted: ".The way out for agriculture lies in modernization, and the key to agricultural modernization lies in scientific and technological progress and innovation. It is necessary to keep a close eye on the world's frontiers of agricultural science and technology, vigorously improve the level of China's agricultural science and technology, and accelerate the realization of high-level agricultural science and technology self-reliance and self-reliance. "For example, in the cultivation of varieties, China's agricultural production of seeds for a long period of time is the farmer's own seed, to dwarf breeding, distant hybridization, heterosis utilization and other major technological breakthroughs, contributed to 5 6 times of crop varieties upgrading, the coverage rate of improved varieties reached more than 96%, and the contribution rate to agricultural production increased by more than 45%. 
On December 7, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued Announcement No. 732, 37 genetically modified corn varieties such as Yufeng 303d and 14 genetically modified soybean varieties such as Maiyu 526 were approved by the fourth meeting of the Fifth National Crop Variety Examination and Approval Committee. The above-mentioned varieties have passed the variety approval, which means that genetically modified corn and soybean are expected to officially usher in the commercialization process. Liu Shi, executive vice president of Dabeinong Group, once said in the report of the China Seed Conference, "If biological breeding technology is commercialized, the direct income of the corn industry will increase by 50 billion yuan to 80 billion yuan per year, and nearly 60 million mu of cultivated land can be saved under the condition that the total supply of corn remains unchanged." Among the varieties of genetically modified corn and soybeans that have passed the approval, the main contribution is coming from agricultural science and technology leading enterprises such as Dabeinong, Longping Hi-Tech, and Denghai Seeds. With the continuous enhancement of China's agricultural science and technology original innovation ability, achievement transformation ability, and technology promotion ability, the contribution rate of agricultural science and technology progress has increased from 54 in 2012 in 10 years5% to 62 in 20224%, representing the overall level of China's agricultural science and technology from the second phalanx in the world to the first phalanx. This is also particularly evident in the field of agricultural machinery. At present, the comprehensive mechanization rate of crop cultivation and harvesting in the country has increased from 57% in 2012 to 73% in 2022, and the "machine substitution" has been gradually realized in some fields and some links, which has significantly enhanced the comprehensive agricultural production capacity. Furthermore, with the rapid development of digital technology in China, on January 12, 2022, the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Digital Economy" issued by ** mentioned when it comes to comprehensively deepening the digital transformation of key industries: "Vigorously improve the level of agricultural digitalization, promote the "three rural" comprehensive information services, innovate and develop smart agriculture, and improve the digital level of agricultural production, processing, sales, logistics and other links. "In 2022, the proportion of China's agricultural digital economy in the added value of the industry has reached 105%, the national agricultural products network retail sales of 5313800 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 92%, an increase of 6 percent from 20214 percentage points, showing an astonishing rate of development. For example, HUAWEI CLOUD has worked with a number of agricultural enterprises to build enterprise ERP solutions and data integration platforms for them to deepen the cloud. Pinduoduo, which started in agriculture, is the "last mile" of China's agricultural product e-commerce, helping Chinese farmers create wealth with the help of digital management and sales methods, and using technology to open up the upward channel of agricultural products. Over the past ten years, the supporting and leading role of scientific and technological progress in the development of the "Three Rurals" has been continuously enhanced, and has gradually become its most important driving force, making outstanding contributions to ensuring national food security and winning the battle against poverty. 
Third, agriculture breaks the situation and opens up channelsIn recent years, China's agricultural science and technology innovation has been unprecedentedly active, behind which there are not only policy incentives, but also a large number of agricultural science and technology enterprises to make great efforts, among which a large number of innovative samples worthy of our research and learning Xi have emerged. Dabeinong is a good example. As early as September 30, 2013, the top leader led the members of the ** Political Bureau to Zhongguancun for collective study and Xi to inspect the progress and achievements of Dabeinong biological breeding research. On December 2, 2019, Dabeinong obtained the agricultural genetically modified organism safety certificate issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, which is a milestone achievement, and has cooperated with more than 200 domestic seed enterprises and breeding institutions. At present, Dabei Agricultural Seed Industry has obtained 326 new plant variety rights, and nearly 200 varieties have been selected and bred, among which rice and corn varieties such as C Liangyou Huazhan and Nonghua 101 have been popularized in a large area across the country. Through multi-party joint industry-university-research comprehensive collaboration, integrated development and broadening the business territory, Dabei agricultural seed industry has the confidence to move from the first in the country to the first in the world. As of November 30, 2022, Dabeinong Group has published a total of 2,413 patent applicationsAmong them, 1,857 patents have been authorized, and 1,366 patents are valid patents, leading the agricultural field in terms of patent applications and authorizations for many years. At the end of last year, in order to further promote the scientific and technological innovation of private enterprises, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce analyzed the scientific and technological innovation of 8,602 private enterprises with operating income of more than 500 million yuan on the basis of the survey of large-scale private enterprises in 2021, and released two lists: "500 private enterprises with R&D investment in 2022" and "500 invention patents of private enterprises in 2022". Dabeinong Group was not only selected, but also ranked first and second in agriculture in terms of invention patents and R&D investment respectively. Previously, in the 2021 evaluation of the National Enterprise Technology Center of the General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission, Dabeinong Group also scored 95The high score of 5 ranked tenth among the 1,744 enterprises participating in the evaluation in various industries across the country. In addition, among the top 500 Chinese patent enterprises in 2022, Dabeinong ranked 182nd. So, how did Dabeinong do it?Through the review of Dabeinong's strategic actions, the author found that this company has actually walked out of oneThe path of the perfect combination of innovation and cooperation。At present, Dabeinong has 5 state-level R&D institutions and 30,000 employees, including a technical team of up to 3,000 people, and more than 300 postdoctoral and doctoral fellows, bringing strong innovation power to the development of the enterprise. At the same time, Dabeinong also attaches great importance to the integration of production and education, and provides a steady stream of innovation power for the development of the agricultural industry through cooperation with universities and scientific research institutions. 
So far, Dabeinong and 28 leading universities such as China Agricultural University, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Northwest A&F University, etc. The society has signed a strategic cooperation agreement, and has established a close industry-university-research cooperative relationship with more than 200 well-known universities and R&D institutions in China, and donated nearly 2 billion yuan: for example, Dabeinong and Huazhong Agricultural University have reached a 10-year cooperation period, and will donate 100 million yuan to Huazhong Agricultural University in 10 years with an annual plan of 10 million yuan for Huazhong Agricultural University to carry out scientific research and talent training. On October 26 this year, Dabeinong has just reached a strategic cooperation with Northwest A&F University, during the five-year cooperation period, at the same time, the two sides will set up Northwest A&F University Dabeinong Education, Shao Gengang donated 60 million yuan to education in his personal name. What's even more rare is that Dabeinong's thinking about strengthening agriculture with science and technology is not limited to one enterprise or one chain, but also takes into accountThe most essential and long-term driving force - talent。In order to cultivate more agricultural talents, they set up the Dabeinong Inspirational Scholarship in 1995, and in the past 28 years, a total of more than 36,000 students have been awarded, with a total amount of 44 million yuan, and tens of thousands of students from poor families who have excellent character and learning have successfully completed their studies and devoted themselves to the cause of China's agricultural modernization. In order to encourage top scholars and promote agricultural science and technology innovation and achievement transformation, Dabeinong has established the Dabeinong Science and Technology Award since 1999. As a public welfare award approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology for the agricultural industry, it is an important force to promote the progress of agricultural science and technology and promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. So far, a total of 12 sessions have been selected, 3,147 projects have been declared, and more than 3,000 scientists have won 474 achievements, with a total amount of 50.39 million yuan, of which nearly 60 achievements have won the national award after winning the Dabeinong Science and Technology Award, which can be seen in its forward-looking and social effects. 
Not to mention that in order to expand the industrial influence of agriculture, Dabeinong fully supports top scientific and technological conferences such as the World Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Conference and the Tengchong Scientists Forum. On July 3, Mr. Zhu Hongren, Secretary of the Party Committee, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the China Enterprise Confederation, awarded the first batch of "Enterprise Case Study Bases" of the Ministry of Education to Dabeinong Science and Technology Group, and it is also the only agricultural enterprise in the first batch of research bases. Independent innovation, open cooperation, attaching importance to education, cherishing talents, gnawing hard bones, and frequent ...... achievementsMany people may have a kind of affectionate identification when they see this, and our agricultural field also has its own "Huawei". 
Last year, Qiushi magazine published an important article by the top leader entitled "Accelerating the Construction of a Scientific and Technological Power and Achieving High-level Scientific and Technological Self-reliance and Self-reliance", which pointed out: "It is necessary to strengthen the national strategic scientific and technological strength and improve the overall efficiency of the national innovation system." National Laboratory, National Scientific Research Institution, High-level Research University,Leading enterprises in science and technology are an important part of the national strategic scientific and technological strengthIt is necessary to consciously fulfill the mission of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance. "In terms of activating the power of agricultural science and technology, the majority of Chinese enterprises have made great contributions. From the initial "two people, two rooms, 20,000 yuan", it has developed into a high-tech international group company covering the whole industrial chain of large agriculture such as seed industry, food, agricultural Internet, feed, animal protection, etc., and has become a banner of agricultural science and technology enterprises, and is also known as "agricultural Huawei" by many people. At the same time, the company's spirit of "working hard and sharpening a sword for ten years" and the sharing culture of comprehensive upgrading from the "ten hundred thousand" project to the "ten million" project are also very important. In order to achieve the great goal of strengthening agriculture and serving the country, we look forward to the emergence of more enterprises, united as one, and a breakthrough in science and technology. Typography|WeilanEdit|WeilanRotating Editor-in-Chief|Sun Xuan.