Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council presided over the State Council Executive Meeting on May 13 to study and deploy further the role of science and technology support, speed up the implementation of major national science and technology projects, and discussed and adopted in principle “Several Policies to Promote the Accelerated Development of the Biological Industryâ€.
The meeting proposed that the central budget will be allocated 32.8 billion yuan this year, and about 30 billion yuan will be allocated in 2010. At the same time, it will drive business investment, mainly to promote the implementation of 11 major science and technology projects, including the creation of major new drugs, AIDS and viral hepatitis and other major infectious diseases. Prevention.
The conference believes that we must seize the opportunities of the world's bio-tech revolution and industrial revolution to cultivate the bio-industry industry into a pillar industry in China's high-tech fields. Focusing on biomedicine, bio-agriculture, bio-energy, bio-manufacturing, and bio-environmental protection industries, we will vigorously develop modern bio-industries. First, it is necessary to develop and expand bio-enterprises. Second, we must vigorously promote independent innovation. Third, we must strengthen the cultivation of compound talents, optimize the structure of talents, and create high-quality personnel. Fourth, we must increase support for fiscal and taxation policies and establish fiscal funds to preferentially purchase independent innovations in biological products. Fifth, we must actively expand the financing channels. Sixth, we must create a good market environment.