The national agricultural product processing technology R&D system focuses on the establishment of a number of national sub-centers for agricultural product processing technology research and development centered on five major fields: grain and oil, fruits and vegetables, livestock products, aquatic products, and traditional agricultural products, including sub-regions, sub-regions, and by stages and in batches. The main task of this system is to carry out research on the macro development strategy and related policies of the agro-processing industry; to strengthen basic research and application of agricultural products processing; research on cutting-edge technologies; research and integration of key common key technologies; transformation, demonstration, and promotion of scientific and technological achievements in agricultural products processing; Agricultural products processing technology innovation and management personnel; strengthen international cooperation and exchange of agricultural products processing; provide information and consulting services for the development of the industry.
Gao Hongbin, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, pointed out at the symposium that the establishment of a national agricultural product processing technology R&D center and specialized branch centers will strive to build a technology innovation platform for agricultural product processing in a short period of time and continue to promote the technological progress and industrial upgrading of the agricultural product processing industry. The implementation of the important measures taken by the Party Central Committee and the State Council to strengthen the major strategic plans for the "three rural issues" is also a practical move to ensure the completion of the various tasks for the "Eleventh Five-Year" agricultural product processing industry development plan.
It is understood that in recent years, the rapid development of China's agricultural product processing industry has become one of the fastest growing and most dynamic pillar industries in China's national economy. Since the “10th Five-Year Planâ€, the output value of the agricultural product processing industry has been increasing at an average annual rate of 15%. By the end of 2007, the output value of enterprises above designated size has approached 5 trillion yuan, and 30 million farmers have been employed in agricultural product processing enterprises. However, for a long time, there are still problems such as fragmentation, scattered resources, low level of duplication, unclear division of labor, ineffective cooperation, and insufficient integration innovation in the agricultural product processing and scientific research field.
Gao Hongbin said that the construction of agricultural product processing technology R&D system is to solve the "bottleneck" problem of China's agricultural product processing industry where R&D resources are scattered and it is difficult to form a synergy. At the end of the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan†period, the Ministry of Agriculture will use key areas and regional layouts proposed in the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan for the Development of Agricultural Products Processing Industry†to focus on the central or local colleges and universities and research institutes to build 50 A specialized agricultural product processing technology R&D center, piloting 100 technology-based R&D centers for agricultural product processing, encouraging research institutes and universities to connect with enterprises, and establishing specialized agricultural product processing R&D centers or agricultural product processing companies. Technological innovation institutions to build a national agricultural product processing technology innovation system.
Gan Shiming, director of the Agricultural Products Processing Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture, told reporters that since last year, the Ministry of Agriculture has determined that the Institute of Agricultural Products Processing at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences is a national agricultural product processing technology research and development center. At present, the center is stepping up the collection and release of scientific and technological information materials and developing enterprise technology requirements. Basic work such as research and investigation is intended to provide society with more new technologies, new equipment and new products for processing agricultural products. The Ministry of Agriculture has given necessary support in infrastructure construction, purchase of equipment and equipment, introduction of talents, and innovation in systems and mechanisms.