China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, at a meeting in Guangzhou,
ordered a stepped-up push to accelerate AI-enabled breeding and fast-track
development of breakthrough seed varieties to meet seed-industry 15th Five-Year
targets and cultivates internationally competitive seed-technology leaders. It
called for stronger germplasm protection and faster identification, improvement
and shared use of genetic resources to raise protection and utilization
efficiency. The ministry directed organized, systematized R&D and a
one-variety-one-policy approach to shore up weaknesses. It ordered modernization
of national seed bases, wider adoption of advanced equipment and measures to
improve seed-supply quality. The ministry required full-chain variety
management, large-scale demonstration and promotion of superior varieties,
tighter intellectual-property protection and strict enforcement against
counterfeiting and infringement. Local governments and agencies were instructed
to prioritize, coordinate and accelerate projects to deliver breakthrough
progress in seed-industry revitalization.
