China News Service, March 8: Xi Jinping smiled and said, "I remember your name."
"Did you appear on TV today? I remember your name."
On March 5, General Secretary Xi Jinping participated in the deliberations of the Jiangsu delegation at the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress. At the meeting, the general secretary asked with a smile as soon as representative Gao Derong from the Jiangsu Lixiahe Agricultural Science Research Institute opened his mouth.
In the "Representative Channel" that morning, Gao Derong shared the story of over 30 years of hard work in wheat breeding. He said, "What we pursue is not only 'eating enough,' but also 'eating well,' and giving grain growers a head start."
During this face-to-face exchange with General Secretary Xi Jinping, Gao Derong reported on the progress in cultivating high-yield and disease-resistant varieties. The general secretary listened and asked carefully: "How many areas have your varieties been promoted?" "Where are the prone and re-infected areas of wheat scab?"
"The seed industry is the most important, and the seed industry must be promoted in agriculture." The general secretary said with serious words.
General Secretary Xi Jinping has always attached great importance to the security of seed sources and the revitalization of the seed industry.
Why do you think about it now?
More than a billion people need to eat, which is a unique national condition of our country. To produce more and good grain on limited arable land, seeds are the key.
"To solve the problem of food, the fundamental solution lies in science and technology. The safety of seed sources is related to national security. We must be determined to develop our country's seed industry to achieve self-reliance and self-reliance in seed industry science and technology, and autonomous and controllable seed sources."
In March 2022, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized this when visiting members of the agricultural, social welfare and social security circles who attended the fifth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and participated in the joint organizing meeting.
In April of that year, the General Secretary visited Hainan for an inspection. The first stop was at the Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory in Sanya City, where he once again pointed out the importance of seeds: "Only by grasping Chinese seeds with one's own hands can China's rice bowl be stabilized and food security be achieved."
The seed industry is at the source of the entire agricultural industry chain and is a landmark and leading project in building modern agriculture.
"With this equipment, this equipment, this condition, it is difficult to realize agricultural modernization without improved seeds." "Biological breeding is the general direction, and the pace of industrialization must be accelerated." . . . . . The general secretary repeatedly warned.
2026 is the first year of the “15th Five-Year Plan”, and it is crucial to do a good job in the work of “agriculture, rural areas and farmers”. This year’s Central Government Document No. 1 proposed to implement in-depth actions to revitalize the seed industry, accelerate the selection and promotion of breakthrough varieties, and promote the industrialization of biological breeding.
General Secretary Xi Jinping once said: "A seed can change a world, and a technology can create a miracle."
The purpose of making greater efforts and making greater contributions to "One Seed" is to allow more than 1.4 billion Chinese people to eat better and to hold China's rice bowl more securely.
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