CCTV Highlights KingAgroot Again for Advancing China's Seed Industry Revitalization

At a critical stage as China launches the 15th Five-Year Plan period and continues to advance its national seed industry revitalization strategy, KingAgroot CropScience has once again received prominent coverage from China Central Television (CCTV) for its achievements in biotech breeding innovation.

On May 7, CCTV’s Morning News featured KingAgroot’s breakthroughs in biological breeding technologies, highlighting the company’s accelerating innovation capabilities in modern breeding. On May 9, KingAgroot was again spotlighted on CCTV News for its advanced smart breeding platform.

The original report is summarized below.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has emphasized that seed security is closely tied to national security, stressing the importance of strengthening China’s seed industry and achieving greater self-reliance and self-control in seed technologies.

As China enters the first year of the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the country is steadily advancing its national seed industry revitalization initiative to further enhance seed security and support agricultural modernization.

The Outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan calls for the continued implementation of the seed industry revitalization strategy, including stronger protection and utilization of germplasm resources, improvement of the commercial breeding system, enhanced collaborative breeding innovation, and the development of new varieties featuring high yield, premium quality, stress tolerance, and broad adaptability to strengthen national seed security.

Guided by these strategic goals, a series of targeted measures are being rolled out nationwide.

This year, China’s breeding innovation drive has gathered pace. Supported by major national sci-tech programs for the seed industry, KingAgroot has developed new intelligent breeding models and established an independently controllable biotech breeding system.

According to Zhang Mingguo, General Manager of Qingdao KingAgroot Seed Science Co., Ltd.:

“We have established the largest crop genetic transformation platform in China, capable of genetic transformation for more than 30 crop species including corn and soybean. By integrating intelligent breeding tools, we have shortened the breeding cycle by more than 50%.”

Source: CCTV News Client