Legal basis: Opinions of General Office of the State Council on Deepening the Reform of Seed Industry System and Improving Innovation Ability.
First, the guiding ideology. Deepen the reform of seed industry system, give full play to the decisive role of the market in the allocation of seed industry resources, highlight seed enterprises, promote the flow of breeding talents, technologies and resources to enterprises according to law, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of scientific researchers, protect the legitimate rights and interests of their inventions, promote the combination of Industry-University-Research, improve the independent innovation ability of enterprises, build a commercial breeding system, accelerate the development of modern seed industry, build a seed industry power, and provide fundamental guarantee for national food security, ecological security and sustainable and stable development of agriculture and forestry.
Second, strengthen the dominant position of enterprise technological innovation. Encourage seed enterprises to increase R&D investment and establish joint-stock R&D institutions; Encourage powerful seed enterprises to merge and transform into enterprise scientific research institutions. Scientific research institutes and institutions of higher learning recognized as public welfare will be decoupled from their seed enterprises before the end of 20 15; Other scientific research institutes are also gradually implementing enterprise reform. After the reform, the working years of breeding researchers in scientific research institutes and universities are regarded as the payment years of enterprise endowment insurance. Newly-laid national and provincial engineering technology research centers, enterprise technology centers, key laboratories and other technological innovation platforms for seed industry industrialization should give priority to qualified seed enterprises with integrated breeding, reproduction and promotion. According to the regulations, subsidies will be given to related R&D activities in the field of seed industry to mobilize the enthusiasm of enterprises for technological innovation. Give play to the guiding role of modern seed industry development fund, attract social and financial capital investment, support enterprises to carry out commercial breeding, and encourage enterprises to "go global" to carry out international cooperation.