Just recently, the state security organs announced five "seed theft" incidents in one go, and all of these incidents were related to "foreign spy agencies." These seeds are usually "parental seeds", that is, "the first generation of seeds used for hybrid experiments", because in the process of keeping seeds, there will be no trait separation and it is particularly precious.
It stands to reason that we should also cover it tightly, why do there frequent incidents of "seed theft" cause our country's precious seeds to be smuggled abroad? It turns out that one of the reasons is that our sentence for "seed theft" is too light, and it is not enough to deter those "seed theft" and traitors.
Behind the frequent "theft", there is an imbalance between interests and risks
On April 14, Yuan Longping's old man Yuan's "brainchild", that is, the "parental seed", was wanted to be shipped out of the country by the spy Zhu and handed over to foreign forces. You know, this is not an ordinary "seed", but a "generational seed" in the laboratory, and the crops produced can be breeded.
For his own interests, Zhu not only handed over the parental seeds to foreign forces, but also founded his own agricultural science and technology company, using the so-called seed research as a "cover" to sell high-quality rice seeds from the mainland to foreign countries.
You must know that although the seed is small, it is related to the rice bowl in the hands of 1.4 billion people. In particular, the importance of rice seeds to the people and national food security cannot be overstated.
But what?
After the East Window incident, Zhu was only sentenced to one year and six months. This result surprised everyone. I am afraid that Zhu's profits from relying on seeds are more than one year and six months, right? Moreover, the safety of seeds has a bearing on national food security, and his reselling of the mainland's "parental seeds" is actually no different from that of a traitor.
With only one year and six months to give, let me ask if in the face of such huge benefits, with this level of punishment, is this really a deterrent to the spies who "steal seeds"? Or is it encouraging them in disguise?
Just ask about it, is it reasonable?
Why is seed theft so rampant, because this thing is done, you can open a company casually, and you can enter hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of dollars, but after being caught, you can step on a sewing machine for a year or two to come out again. But what if you can't catch it? You can accumulate a huge fortune in a few years.
Sentencing cannot keep up with the changes of the times, and light sentences are more like connivance
Actually, it's not just "parental seeds". For example, the meteorological data related to the mainland can be regarded as the "hardest hit area that has been infiltrated" in recent years. Since 2023, the national security agencies have also joined forces
With the confidentiality department, a special "special team" was set up to conduct a centralized investigation of more than 3,000 foreign-related meteorological stations and more than 10 overseas meteorological equipment agents.
Among the more than 3,000 meteorological stations, hundreds of foreign-related meteorological stations have been "taken", and they transmit the meteorological data collected by the detection points to overseas institutions, and these meteorological stations cover more than 20 provinces and cities on the mainland.
At this moment, perhaps we should reflect on a question.
That is, for these traitors and traitors who sell out for the sake of interests, national interests, can our actions deter them?
Just like Zhu, how many years have he stolen and resold his "parental seeds," but he was only sentenced to one and a half years? Seeing this verdict, what is the result? It is other people who are willing to follow Zhu's example for the sake of huge benefits. Our verdict will not only fail to prevent this phenomenon, but will also fuel the arrogance of the group of people who "steal seeds" and "steal data".
The simple reason is that the cost of "stealing" is very small compared to the huge benefits behind it.
Obviously, our "sentencing" for this part may not be able to keep up with the times, which requires us to reflect and reflect. What's more, what these people do is no different from traitors, we still have to be "lenient", worthy of Yuan Longping, Old Man Yuan, and the hard work of the scientific researchers behind him day and night?
Frankly speaking, such a verdict will chill those scientific researchers who have paid it, as well as the public.