On May 11, China National Agrochemical Corporation (CNAC) and Yangling Agricultural High-tech Industrial Demonstration Zone (Yangling Demonstration Zone) signed the strategic cooperation agreement at signing ceremonies of the first meeting of the Third Silk Road International Exposition and the Investment & Trade Forum for Cooperation between East & West China. They have planned to invest RMB100 million in the construction of a provincial platform project in the demonstration zone.
Yangling Demonstration Zone is China’s only national-level agricultural high-tech industrial demonstration zone. It enjoys various preferential policies of national-level high-tech industrial development zones, the national support policies for agriculture, and multiple preferential policies for the Western Development. As a strategic partner, Yangling Demonstration Zone will support the existing Seed Building and Seed Market of Yangling Seed Industrial Park and the provincial platform companies established by CNAC, consolidate local seed companies, and work with Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University to promote the development of Shaanxi seed industry. It will also take advantage of the establishment of Yangling Free Trade Zone, give full play to scientific and technological advantages of Yangling Demonstration Zone, and continuously strengthen cooperation between both parties to achieve win-win results.
In response to the “Belt and Road” Initiative, we have vigorously promoted the implementation of innovation-driven development strategy, captured competitiveness in agricultural science and technology, and firmly taken the initiative to develop the agricultural science and technology. CNAC started the provincial-level platform project in early 2018. Now, the project in Shaanxi Province has cooperated with Maolong Industrial Trade Development Corporation and local enterprises to rely on agricultural institutes and universities and industrial bases in Shaanxi Province for agricultural input products such as seeds and pesticides, in a bid to strengthen agricultural production and key technological innovations, deepen the application of scientific and technological achievements and carry out in-depth cooperation within the region.