National Development and Reform Commission： By 2035, China’s comprehensive bio-economic strength will be in the forefront of the world.

　　Sino-Singapore Finance May 10th On the 10th, the National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference to introduce the development plan of bio-economy in the 14th Five-Year Plan. Wang Xiang, deputy director of the High-tech Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, introduced that the Plan foresees the development goal in 2035: the comprehensive strength of bio-economy is in the forefront of the world, basically forming a new development situation with leading technology level, strong industrial strength, extensive integration and application, strong resource guarantee, controllable security risks and complete institutional system.

　　Wang Xiang said that this Plan is China’s first five-year plan for bio-economy. In the process of compiling, four requirements were emphasized.

　　The first is to strengthen the top-level design. China is one of the countries with the richest biological resources in the world, with complete categories and systems of bio-industry, which has favorable conditions for accelerating the development of bio-economy, but the top-level design and overall planning of bio-economic development is still blank. Therefore, the Plan adheres to the systematic concept, the top-level design, the forward-looking layout and the overall implementation, pays attention to the coordinated development of the supply side and the demand side of the bio-economy, and based on the protection, development, allocation and use of biological resources, systematically promotes the extensive penetration of life sciences and biotechnology into the fields of medicine, health, agriculture, energy and environmental protection of the national economy, accelerates the construction of a modern bio-industrial system, and lays a solid foundation for the rapid and healthy development of bio-economy.

　　The second is to support the national strategy. China is in a new development stage of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way and marching towards the goal of the second century. In this important strategic opportunity period, the development of bio-economy and the global biotechnology revolution and industrial transformation wave have formed a major historical intersection. To this end, the Plan is based on the new development stage, implements the new development concept, constructs a new development pattern, takes bio-economy as an important part of China’s science and technology economic strategy in the coming period, provides new solutions to major challenges such as life and health, climate change, resource and energy security, and food security, and provides strong support for building a higher level of healthy China, beautiful China and safe China.

　　The third is to create a good environment. Life science and biotechnology have fast updating speed and short iteration period, which puts forward new requirements for related technology review and product access policies. To this end, the "Planning" proposes to follow the development law of biotechnology, persist in encouraging innovation, tolerance and prudence, and make concerted efforts, continuously deepen reforms in terms of industry access, market application, and intellectual property rights, build a good innovation ecology, and accelerate the formation of a policy environment conducive to the innovation and development of bio-economy.

　　The fourth is to coordinate development and security. Biosafety has generally become an important part of the security system of big countries. To this end, the Plan adheres to the overall national security concept, strengthens the bottom line thinking, coordinates bio-economic development and bio-security guarantee, and strives to prevent and respond to bio-security risks that may affect bio-economic development.

　　Wang Xiang introduced that the "Planning" has formulated the development goals during the "14 th Five-Year Plan" period, which can be summarized as "five new ones": the total scale of bio-economy has reached a new level, the proportion of economic added value in GDP has steadily increased, and the number of enterprises with annual operating income of more than 10 billion yuan has increased significantly; The comprehensive strength of biotechnology has been improved, the investment intensity of bio-industry research and development has been significantly improved, and the number and influence of regional innovative highlands and industrial clusters have been significantly improved; The integrated development of bio-industry has achieved a new leap, and biotechnology and bio-industry have more widely benefited people’s health, food security, energy security, rural revitalization and green development; The biosafety guarantee capability has reached a new level, and a national-led, multi-dimensional, smooth mechanism and solid foundation biosafety risk prevention and control and governance system has been basically established; The policy environment in the biological field has opened up a new situation, the institutional mechanism and institutional environment are more superior, the market transactions of biotechnology are more active, and the institutional reforms such as review and approval, market access, product pricing, market supervision and property rights protection have continued to deepen.

　　Wang Xiang also said that the Plan defined the specific tasks of bio-economic development, focusing on five aspects.

　　First, vigorously consolidate the foundation of bio-economic innovation, insist on giving full play to the basic role of innovation in bio-economic development, strengthen market orientation and demand traction, accelerate the improvement of bio-technological innovation ability, cultivate and expand innovative subjects with strong competitiveness, optimize regional layout, deepen bio-economic innovation cooperation, and accelerate the development of bio-economic innovation.

　　The second is to cultivate and expand the pillar industries of bio-economy, accelerate the widespread empowerment of health, agriculture, energy, environmental protection, information and other industries by biotechnology, promote the development of medical health, bio-agriculture, bio-energy and bio-environmental protection, bio-information industries, cultivate and develop new industries, new formats and new models, expand the pilot demonstration of bio-technology benefiting people, and comprehensively improve the diversification level of bio-industries.

　　Third, actively promote the protection and utilization of biological resources, strengthen the protection, development and comprehensive utilization of biological resources, improve the development and utilization system of biological resources, standardize the safe sharing of biological resources, form a long-term mechanism for the safe protection, effective development and scientific utilization of biological resources, improve the level of institutionalization, standardization and informatization, and provide basic guarantee for the development of medicine, agriculture, energy and environmental protection.

　　The fourth is to speed up the construction of a biosafety guarantee system, implement the overall national security concept, implement the biosafety law, coordinate development and safety, improve the biosafety risk prevention and control system, enhance the risk prevention and control and disposal ability to deal with major epidemics and biosafety incidents, and effectively build a national biosafety barrier.

　　Fifth, efforts should be made to optimize the policy environment in the biological field, follow the development law of biotechnology, persist in encouraging innovation, tolerance and prudence, and make concerted efforts, continue to deepen reforms in technological innovation, industry supervision, market application, international cooperation and other fields, increase investment in resources such as capital, technology and talents, build an institutional framework that is in line with international standards, strengthen policies to try first, and accelerate the formation of a policy environment conducive to the innovation and development of bio-economy.

　　In addition, the Plan focuses on the higher-level needs of the people in the fields of medicine, food, beauty and safety, and puts forward four key development areas: biomedicine, bio-agriculture, biomass substitution and bio-safety, as well as the improvement of innovation ability, the benefit of biomedical technology, the improvement of modern seed industry, the demonstration of bioenergy and environmental protection industry, the integration and application of biotechnology and information technology, the preservation and development of biological resources, and the bio-economic pilot zone.

　　Wang Xiang introduced the safeguard measures for the implementation of the Plan, focusing on three aspects.

　　The first is to strengthen organizational leadership. To implement the deployment of the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission took the lead in strengthening the overall planning of bio-economic development, improving the coordination mechanism with the participation of all relevant departments, and promoting major plans, major reforms, major policies and major projects for bio-economic development.

　　The second is to create a good atmosphere. Strengthen the popularization of biotechnology and create an environment conducive to the public’s objective and scientific understanding of biotechnology. Strengthen intellectual support for bio-economic development, promote research on major issues, and strengthen policy propaganda and interpretation. Support the holding of an international high-end bio-economic forum to improve China’s bio-economic influence.

　　The third is to strengthen coordination and cooperation. All localities and relevant state departments shall, in accordance with their duties, do a good job in the implementation of the Plan, speed up the formulation of supporting policies, and jointly promote the development and growth of bio-economy. Do a good job in supervision and evaluation to ensure that the objectives and overall strategic tasks of the Plan are implemented.