context: The 3-year plans reflect authorities' commitment to advancing breeding research, with detailed timelines provided for some launched projects, such as the new national crop genebank construction project announced February 2019 (to be completed by 2021). Livestock and poultry genetic resources are also receiving policy attention. African swine fever's spread lends urgency both to protecting pig genetics and supporting commercial farms' efforts to boost meat supply.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) released 3-year action plans on protection and utilisation of ag crops, livestock and poultry genetic resources (2019-21), aiming to support modern seed industry development and promote ag high-quality development.
- '3-year plan on ag crops genetic resource protection and utilisation (2019-21)'
- development goals by 2021
- complete construction of national long-term crop germplasm bank
- build Belt and Road international germplasm protection centre
- targets on germplasm resources introduction, evaluation and identification
- key tasks and schedule
- launch third general investigation on national ag crop germplasm resources
- strengthen
- protection system building covering facilities, infrastructure, regional layout
- precision identification and breeding of high-quality germplasm resources
- information management and international cooperation
- supporting measures
- revise 'Management measures on ag crops germplasm resources'
- introduce 'Opinions on strengthening ag crops germplasm resources protection'
- development goals by 2021
- '3-year plan on livestock and poultry genetic resources protection and utilisation (2019-21)'
- development goals
- optimise protection system, monitoring and alert system, and identification and evaluation system by 2021
- achieve comprehensive protection and utilisation of local varieties; promote commercial cultivation
- key tasks and schedule
- strengthen genetic resources protection system-building covering expanding existing gene banks and promoting provincial genetic farms building
- genetic resources preservation
- optimise genetic resources monitoring and alert system with IT and big data
- strengthen industrial development and utilisation
- launch investigation on genetic resources in Tibet
- development goals