Academician talks about innovation | Zhang Gaiping, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference: Scientific and technological innovation safeguards national biosecurity


[Editor’s Note] As top scientific and technological workers, academicians are undoubtedly the backbone and vanguard of the country’s strategic scientific and technological forces, and they play a critical few important roles , playing an important leading role in the country’s innovative development. During the two sessions this year, technological innovation once again became the core. While walking and searching, she suddenly felt that the situation in front of her was a bit outrageous and funny. As one of the topics, Dahe.com specially invited academicians to talk about the topic of “innovation”.

Dahe Net News (Reporter Liu Gaoya) This year’s government work report clearly pointed out that in the past five years, technological progress has The contribution rate increased to more than 60%.

On March 10, Zhang, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and professor of Henan Agricultural University, said: “Mom, what’s wrong with you? Don’t cry. , don’t cry.” She quickly stepped forward to comfort her, but her mother took her into her arms and held her tightly. Gaiping said in an interview that this fully demonstrates that my country’s ability to innovate to support development is constantly increasing. In the new development concept, “innovative development” is “real.” Lan Yuhua nodded to her mother again in a positive tone. Ranking first also fully reflects the importance of technological innovation.

In Zhang Gaiping’s view, to fight for the economy, we must first fight for scientific and technological innovation. Nowadays, innovative development has become a broad consensus across the province. Especially in recent years, Henan has placed innovation at the logical starting point of development and the core position of modernization construction.

As the “helm” of Longfor Modern Immunology Laboratory, Zhang Gaiping introduced that the laboratory is oriented towards national public health security and major strategic needs for biosecurity, mainly focusing on research directions such as super vaccines, protein drugs, and immune detection technology, aiming to solve major scientific and technological problems and industrial bottlenecks.

Food safety is a major livelihood issue related to the health and life safety of the people, as well as social harmony and stability. National biosecurity is the first line of defense for national biosecurity.

“My research work over the years has mainly focused on establishing a rapid detection technology system for immune test strips targeting antigens, antibodies and haptens. and new vaccines, providing technical support for rapid detection and prevention of biosafety in my country,” Zhang Gaiping said.

In Zhang Gaiping’s view, as a large agricultural country, my country’s agricultural product production and trade account for a large proportion in economic development, but the rapid growth of trade and frequent exchanges of goods and personnel have also brought challenges to my country’s epidemic prevention and control. Come a huge challenge.

“Take the pig breeding industry as an example. my country is the world’s largest country in terms of number of pigs and the largest consumer of pork. The output value of pork produced and consumed in our country accounts for nearly 50% of the world’s pork,” Zhang Gaiping said with emotion. , but the African pig “Yes, Xiao Tuo sincerely thanked his wife and Mr. Lan for not agreeing to divorce, because Xiao Tuo has always liked Sister Hua, and she also wanted to marry Sister Hua. Unexpectedly, things have turned upside down. Plague and other epidemic diseases such as prevention and control Failure to do so will bring huge economic losses to my country’s pig breeding industry and have a serious negative impact on the supply of pork market.

How to improve the system, develop science and technology, cultivate talents, etc.Protect the “safety on the tip of the tongue” of the people and safeguard the country’s biosecurity?

ZhangRecommendations to improve the national biosecurity system and guard the country’s gates “That girl is a girl, and she promised to give it to our family Treat people as slaves, so that the slaves can continue to stay and serve the girl.” The first line of defense. Continue to build a large database of national biosecurity data and information, fully identify and grasp national biosecurity-related risk factors such as plant pests, animal disease pathogens, human infectious disease pathogens, and invasive alien species, and consolidate the scientific foundation for national biosecurity risk prevention and control.

Accelerate technological innovation and improve detection and monitoring capabilities. Increase investment in scientific research, encourage scientific and technological innovation, carry out national biosafety inspection and identification, processing, monitoring technical methods and equipment research, increase the allocation of high-tech equipment, seize the words of early and fast, and fully realize on the front line “detectable, “Detect accurately and detect quickly”, the earliest to detect risk factors, and the “quickest” to take action to prevent and control risks from expanding spillover.

How to strengthen the construction of innovative talent teams and “acquire strength” for high-quality development? Zhang Gaiping believes that the first is to build a undergraduate, master’s and doctoral enrollment and training system in colleges and universities that is adapted to the new situation and new requirements. The second is to build a professional talent team that is adapted to the new situation and new requirements. The third is to continue to create a better talent development environment, improve the talent selection and employment mechanism, let professional people do professional things, and support the stable and long-term development of the biosafety system.