The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed that it is necessary to grasp the three focus points of consolidating and improving the basic rural management system, adhering to the priority development of agriculture and rural areas, and adhering to the integrated development of urban and rural areas, and promote agricultural and rural reform in a solid and steady manner. A strong country must first strengthen agriculture, and a strong agriculture can make the country strong, and a strong agricultural country is the foundation of a strong modern socialist country. In September 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out "new quality productivity" for the first time, which is characterized by innovation, the key is high quality, and the essence is advanced productivity, which is the foundation and core business of Shanghai to achieve high-quality agricultural development.
Focusing on the empowerment of science and technology, Shanghai is aiming at the three "new tracks" of characteristic seed provenance, intelligent manufacturing and green ecology, driven by scientific and technological innovation, accelerating the research of smart agricultural technology, cultivating new agricultural productivity, and focusing on the development of high-end agriculture, high-quality agriculture and brand agriculture, so as to help achieve high-level agricultural science and technology self-reliance and self-reliance.
Facing the future development, Shanghai will adhere to the national strategic traction and industrial demand orientation, deepen the reform of the agricultural science and technology system and mechanism, enhance the energy level of agricultural innovation, optimize the ecology of agricultural innovation and entrepreneurship, accelerate the deep integration of innovation chain, industrial chain and capital chain, continue to promote the quality and efficiency improvement, transformation and upgrading of urban modern agriculture, continue to take the road of high-tech, high-quality and high value-added modern agricultural development, and add new green power to Shanghai's strengthening of the "four functions" and accelerating the construction of the "five centers".
This summer, Chongming, which takes agriculture as the core basic industry, held a grand event, where enterprises, governments, universities, and scientific research institutes gathered together to discuss the new quality productivity of agriculture empowered by science and technology.
When the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China released a strong signal of "developing new quality productive forces according to local conditions", Chongming, who had insight into the development trend of the times, was well versed in the essence of "adapting measures to local conditions", starting from the "new", striving for strength with "quality", and exchanging "heart" for "core", and the vigorous new quality productivity took root in the traditional agricultural region.
Departure to the "new".
The "Road to Breaking the Dimension" of Traditional Agriculture
Silicon Valley represents high-tech technology, and agriculture after superimposing "Silicon Valley" will aim at the source of scientific and technological innovation. Breaking through the bottleneck of the development of traditional agriculture and solving a series of "stuck neck" problems such as modern agricultural "chips" is a realistic proposition for Chongming.
For a long time, Chongming has been committed to carrying out research and innovative application of the provenance of local characteristic varieties such as Chinese mitten crab, Shawutou pig, crispy taro, and white goat. As a local excellent breed formed in a specific water, soil and ecological environment, Chongming goat is famous for its delicate meat quality and delicious taste, and is a protected breed of livestock and poultry genetic resources in Shanghai. Due to the restriction of the breeding ewe's maternal cycle, the expansion rate of Chongming goats has been very slow, and the number of purebred goats is still only about 1,000.
In the Chongming Goat Breeding Research Center, Shanghai Liuji Yuanzhi Biotechnology Co., Ltd., which was introduced by the "Silicon Valley Spring Breeze", is cooperating with Chongming Goat Group Wanhe Smart Sheep Farm in depth, and the modern breeding biotechnology provided by Liuji Yuanzhi Company such as genome detection, live egg collection, in vitro fertilization, and embryo transfer is expected to accelerate the expansion of white goats. Nowadays, the white goat live egg collection operating room, oocyte in vitro fertilization laboratory, and the white goat LOPU-IVEP technology platform with an annual production capacity of 10,000 embryos are rising from the ground, and it is expected to expand about 10,000 high-quality purebred Chongming goats within 3 years. "Not long ago, we just gave the first batch of embryo transfer conceived ewes to do B ultrasound, and in September this year, the first lambs will be born." The technical staff of Liuji Yuan Branch Company said.
In addition to the joining of leading enterprises, the attraction of Silicon Valley has also blown to scientific research institutes. In July this year, Zhang Yanli, a post scientist of the National Meat Sheep Industry Technology System of Nanjing Agricultural University, came to Chongming with her team. Zhang Yanli said frankly that the development of the goat industry is showing a good trend, and the scale of breeding is expanding. In order to further promote the development of the industry, it is urgent to vigorously develop breeding sheep and commercial meat sheep while protecting resources. To this end, Zhang Yanli's team decided to set up an expert workstation in Chongming to provide technical support for this local provenance, increase the innovative use of white goats, and hope to achieve the purpose of improving quality and building brands through cultivating excellent breeds.
In recent years, through the operation of the group, the member companies have twisted into a rope and made efforts together, and the scale of the industry has been growing. Nowadays, the traditional agriculture represented by the white goat industry chooses to go to the "new", driven by the leading enterprises in the industry, and skillfully borrows the "east wind" of high-tech and scientific research strength, I believe that in the near future, the genetic level of excellent germplasm resources and the number of groups will be "double improved", and the delicious and high-quality white goat meat will be on the table of thousands of households will be just around the corner.
Strong with "quality".
Future technology opens up a "new track" in agriculture
In 2023, Chongming will actively introduce top scientific research teams, build an agricultural science and technology innovation incubation park, form an agricultural science and technology innovation alliance, and vigorously promote the construction of an agricultural silicon valley in the Yangtze River Delta. It can be said that the development idea of "one core, one belt and two districts" in the Yangtze River Delta Agricultural Silicon Valley not only highlights the key points, but also takes into account the whole region.
The "One Core Area" is the "brain" of Silicon Valley, which undertakes key functions such as the landing of leading enterprises, the incubation of science and technology enterprises, and the display of scientific and technological achievements. The "belt" of high-tech agricultural development belt built vertically along the Chenhai Highway and Ecological Avenue is a gathering of innovative elements and dense emerging industries, providing space for industrial landing and farmers' income increase; The "two zones" of the high-end facility agriculture industry area and the modern livestock and poultry breeding industry area are the "four beams and eight pillars" of Silicon Valley, which will build a high-end facility agriculture industrial cluster integrating production, processing, sales and biological recycling in the whole industry chain.
So, where exactly is Silicon Valley's core competitiveness? In this regard, Chongming has a clear goal and accurate positioning: to introduce and cultivate a number of agricultural industrialization leaders with long industrial chains, high product visibility, wide brand influence and strong driving benefits. The entry of Kangma High Yield (Shanghai) Biological Co., Ltd. is to bring the future industry of synthetic biology into the agricultural field.
According to the characteristics of Chongming's weakly alkaline sandy soil, Kangma High Yield Company has explored and developed an efficient, environmentally friendly and low-cost biofertilizer-protein concentrated nutrient solution. "Milk and eggs are rich in protein and are good ingredients for human nutrition. We now have advanced biomanufacturing capabilities, which can also synthesize protein artificially, and can also allow plants to 'enjoy' high-quality protein. In the Kangma Protein Technology Agricultural Demonstration Base, Zhan Rongrong, director of the Kangma High-yield Marketing Department, used protein concentrated nutrient solution for crops such as peppers and eggplants. It is reported that this biofertilizer only needs half of the traditional fertilizer materials, and the slow-release cycle is long. After preliminary tests and comprehensive calculations, Zhan Rongrong found that the use of biofertilizers can save about 30% of the cost compared with traditional chemical fertilizers, and the crop yield can be increased by 15% to 40%. "This new nutrient solution can not only provide balanced and long-lasting nutritional support for crops, enhance their immunity to diseases and pests, but also improve soil structure, increase soil fertility, and improve soil compaction and salinization caused by facility cultivation." At present, Kangma High-yield Company has successively negotiated with more than 40 leading agricultural enterprises and cooperatives in Chongming, hoping that biofertilizers can gradually replace chemical fertilizers in the future.
In terms of replacing chemical pesticides with biopesticides, Shanghai Zhike Yougu Biotechnology Co., Ltd., which has landed in Silicon Valley, has brought surprising new technologies. Based on the transformation of cutting-edge scientific and technological achievements of the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Phytoscience Yougu is the pioneer of RNA biopesticides. Phytoscience Yougu innovatively combines the spraying method of chemical pesticides with the principle of gene silencing technology, and interferes with the transcription process of key genes of pests through RNAi (referred to as "RNA interference"), affecting the normal translation of proteins, so that the environmental adaptability of pests is reduced or killed. "This technology only targets pests and does not affect the genetic traits of crops, opening up a new track for the sustainable development of agricultural production." The relevant person in charge of the company introduced.
Hydrogen energy is often used in the medical field, and Shanghai Tongchu Agricultural Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. has introduced it to the agricultural world, creating a new idea of "hydrogen planting". "When hydrogen is added to water, it becomes electrolyte water, and when the properties of water change, hydrogen molecules are more easily absorbed by crops." Xiang Xiaoliang, chairman of the board of directors who just signed a strategic cooperation agreement on July 18, is full of confidence in this, "When the ionic state is stimulated, it has the effects of anti-inflammatory, strong anti-oxidation, and delaying crop aging, which is effective for aquatic products, breeding, and seedlings." "In the early stage, Tongchu Company has done experiments on fresh cut flowers, tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables, and has achieved the effect of prolonging preservation.
"Chongming is a large agricultural base in Shanghai, with rich aquatic products, aquaculture, crops and other industries, and has the characteristics of biological diversity. Reduce the use of pesticides and fertilizers and contribute to green agriculture. Xiang Xiaoliang and many companies that choose to settle in Silicon Valley have a consensus: ecology is the most significant symbol of Chongming, and it is also the foundation of its island. From the perspective of development, the Yangtze River Delta Agricultural Silicon Valley, which is in line with the world-class ecological island, adheres to the concept of "big ecological view" in the process of "quality", and always tightens the string of "environmental friendliness" in the process of absorbing and applying cutting-edge technological achievements, and strives to transform ecological advantages into economic advantages and ecological resources into industries that enrich the people.
"Heart" for "core"
The magnetic attractiveness of the business environment
The core elements of the industry are projects, enterprises, and talents. Since the construction of the Yangtze River Delta Agricultural Silicon Valley, Chongming has accurately connected with a number of scientific and technological innovation institutions, negotiated dozens of modern agricultural projects, and domestic leading RNA biopesticides, in vitro synthetic biological fertilizers, germplasm resources of superior fermentation bacteria and other new achievements and new industries have successively settled in Chongming. Why do "fragrant" enterprises choose the ecological island? During the interview, the answer that the reporter heard the most was to exchange "heart" for "core".
Chongming is guided by promoting the development of enterprises, and carefully sorts out the policy resources in terms of industrial support, land security, talent introduction, achievement transformation, and financial support. On July 18, the support policies of the Yangtze River Delta Agricultural Silicon Valley were released at the conference, taking into account inclusiveness and competitiveness, realizing the coexistence of integration and innovation, and hoping to rely on the system to solve problems, manage the fundamentals, and seek long-term results. Counting the 19 special policies, 15 of which are newly established, and the other 4 policies are the further integration of the original policies, covering the growth trajectory of the enterprise and the docking of the whole chain of precise services.
The government responds to requests, but it also does not bother.
Chongming has set up a "one-to-one" service specialist for the settled enterprises, and when encountering various practical needs such as enterprise office, test demonstration, and employee life, the service commissioner will respond in a timely manner and do a good job of coordination and guarantee. In order to allow enterprises to operate with peace of mind, Silicon Valley not only provides regular office space in the incubator park and headquarters park, but also promises to waive the office rent for the first three years from the date of signing the office agreement. In Silicon Valley, academic conferences and training activities help enterprises to accelerate their incubation and growth, so Chongming uses no less than 10 million yuan of funds per year to support the needs of enterprise R&D, and encourages capable enterprises to build R&D centers in Chongming, with a subsidy of up to 2 million yuan. In terms of financial empowerment, Chongming has joined hands with relevant financial institutions to build an agricultural science and technology innovation fund platform, formulate a comprehensive green finance policy service plan, solve the capital needs of enterprises, and open up a fast approval channel. It is worth mentioning that the special support policy for the listing of agricultural enterprises can provide a maximum reward of 6 million yuan for the IPO listing of settled enterprises in the domestic open market.
This "100%" sincerity and "real money" investment not only do what we can, but also do our best.
In terms of talent security, Chongming subsidizes 30,000 yuan per year for Silicon Valley think tank experts, up to 300,000 yuan for entity enterprises rated as academician expert stations, and up to 4 million yuan for qualified agricultural industry talents, and 1 million yuan for entrepreneurship subsidies, and handles household registration in the city, children's school enrollment and other related matters for them. Vigorously support talents to participate in various innovation and entrepreneurship activities, and give a subsidy of up to 80,000 yuan to the top three award-winning projects at the national and municipal levels.
Chongming knows that stimulating the feelings of talents is the greatest confidence.
With high quality as the goal, innovation as the guide, and science and technology empowerment as the core, the new quality productivity of agriculture has transformed agriculture from hard work to smart production.
In June 2024, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government officially issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Promotion of Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation in the City" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"). The "Opinions" pointed out that in the future, Shanghai will be based on the characteristics of modern agriculture in megacities and cities, with the development of new agricultural productivity as the main starting point, and strive to promote the innovation and upgrading of agricultural productivity. The promulgation of the "Opinions" once again emphasized the function and overall efficiency of agricultural science and technology innovation.
Look, the young agricultural Silicon Valley is constantly expanding the "circle of friends" of innovation and development from the "aggregation" of geographical space, to the "collaboration" of scientific research achievements, and then to the "fission" of industrial development.
China Construction Bank Shanghai Branch proposed a zero-distance, full-cycle, one-stop financial service plan to effectively promote the in-depth integration of science and technology and agriculture. The Municipal Agriculture and Rural Committee issued an intention to support the construction of key agricultural science and technology innovation projects in the Yangtze River Delta Agricultural Silicon Valley, and will provide financial support for the creation and innovation needs of settled enterprises; The Yangtze River Delta Agricultural Silicon Valley Party Building Joint Conference Mechanism adheres to the working concept of "building the party organization on industrial clusters", and continuously promotes the complementary advantages of organizations, industries and talents.
Listen, the pulsating "new voice" from the Yangtze River Delta Agricultural Silicon Valley is surging and powerful.
Text: Ouyang Leinick