National Service Center for Technology Transfer in Agriculture launched
DATE:2015-07-10 SOURCE:Information Office, MOA
The National Service Center for Technology Transfer in Agriculture kicked off on July 7th, 2015. Zhang Taolin, Vice Minister of MOA, attended the inauguration ceremony. Zhang stressed that agricultural administrative departments at all levels, science and education units and agricultural enterprises shall enhance the sense of responsibility to accelerate technology transfer and promote sustainable agricultural development, actively participate in the building of the National Service Center for Technology Transfer in Agriculture, and promote the application of agricultural technology.
Zhang pointed out that the initiation of the building of the National Service Center for Technology Transfer in Agriculture is the concrete action to implement the strategy of the central government to deepen the system reform of science and technology and promote the innovation-driven development; it is also a specific measure to realize the quick transfer and application of technology, focusing on realizing the national security of food and main agricultural products, the quality & safety of agricultural products and the safety of ecological environment, giving full play to the leading role of the market in allocation of resources for innovation.
Zhang emphasized that the National Service Center for Technology Transfer in Agriculture shall focus on the goal of production mode transfer and structure adjustment in agriculture and agricultural modernization. Efforts shall be enhanced to improve the top-level design and systematic planning, forming synergy among agricultural research, education and extension institutions, agricultural enterprises, related intellectual property management institutions and venture capital, integrating national resources of agricultural research results, so as to provide a basic platform for technology transfer to bridge the two sides of supply and demand, and facilitate safe and smooth transaction. System innovation and guidance should be improved to promote the open and fair trading of the technology and further adaptation after transfer with the full-chain all-factor services. Market-oriented approach shall be adopted to standardize transaction services and maximize effectiveness, and optimize the allocation of technology, capital, management and other modern market factors, while promoting the integration and coordination of the industry, education, research and application.
The National Service Center for Technology Transfer in Agriculture is a comprehensive service institution for national agricultural technology transfer created on the basis of optimization and integration of the existing agricultural technology property right trading platforms. It will focus on the needs of the national strategy of agricultural modernization and provide transfer services across the whole value chain, with emphasis on agricultural research results collection and confirmation, evaluation and assessment, publicity and promotion, transaction services and mass innovation.
Chen Mengshan, Secretary of CPC Leading Group of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), also attended the launching ceremony. 13 research institutions and enterprises signed deals of transction at the ceremony, with a total value of over 20 million yuan.