Chapter 238 Thunderous Means
Guo Yang observed the changes in Minister Lin's expression. Although he had gained a little weight, he seemed calm and confident.

Comparing the Ministry of Agriculture to a parent made him smile.

Broadly speaking, the Ministry of Agriculture is the parent of all agricultural and animal husbandry enterprises, but there are countless departments under it.

Obviously, many agricultural and animal husbandry companies cannot even reach this threshold.

Minister Lin thought for a while and said, "I didn't expect so many problems to be exposed in just a few years."

Guo Yang said: "So it's not too late to deal with it now. Putting it off will only cause more trouble."

The documents compiled by experts, professors and enterprises explain in detail the operational process of variety approval.

In order to get new varieties approved, seed companies often rack their brains, find enough connections, and contact "testing" personnel and variety approval personnel.

Seed companies generally use their connections with provincial seed management stations to obtain the code numbers of their own varieties and the corresponding district pilot situations.

Then, each pilot district had its arrangements in place from the person in charge to the field technicians.

You can tell which field is your own variety and request special care, such as more watering and fertilizing to increase yield. These services require payment.

Moreover, the regional pilot projects are generally carried out in scientific research institutes and original seed farms, and many of them also apply for their own varieties. In this way, the regional pilot units can take care of each other.

The proliferation of copycat seeds is, to some extent, a derivative of loopholes in variety approval.

The entire interest chain is deeply rooted and invisible, with benefits shared by all sides.

The Ministry of Agriculture was also aware that there would definitely be loopholes in the system, but it was unexpected that the consequences would appear so quickly.

The Forest Department recalled an interview he saw in the Farmers’ Daily, in which small and medium-sized manufacturers complained bitterly.

“You can’t buy good varieties even if you spend money.”

"We spent hundreds of thousands of yuan to buy varieties from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, but once we encountered bad weather, pests and diseases, they were reduced to their original state."

This has seriously suppressed the vitality of seed industry innovation, and a large amount of seed resources have been wasted, which is completely contrary to the original intention of the Seed Law and variety approval.

Just like a company's backdoor listing, if there are not so many "shells" in the market, how can you borrow one?
If there are not so many approved seeds on the market, how come there are so many cloned seeds?

The Forestry Department said sternly: "We will take this matter seriously. The variety approval system takes time, but we will immediately take the attitude of combating counterfeit agricultural inputs."

"What about East Asia Seed Industry in Liao Province?"

It is one of the large seed companies and has close ties with the local area.

"Don't worry, no one can escape."

Minister Lin calmly said these murderous words, handed the document to the secretary who was accompanying him, checked the time, and then asked.

"How is Qingtu Lake doing? Minqin is a key area of ​​concern for the leadership. The higher-ups were still asking about it a few days ago."

Guo Yang was a little surprised, but he quickly realized that the 11th Five-Year Plan has included sand prevention and control work as a key priority.

"Shahai Agriculture and Animal Husbandry will complete the tree planting project in the sand-pressed areas this spring, and will continue to contract the desert in the fall. During the flood season, we will also try to divert water to Qingtu Lake."

“How many acres will you contract this time?”

“More than 50 acres.”

Minister Lin nodded with satisfaction, stood up and prepared to leave. Guo Yang also stood up.

"The country also hopes that enterprises can gain profits from the sand industry and achieve sustainable development of resource cultivation and processing and utilization."

Guo Yang smiled and said: "Shahai has made some achievements in the cultivation of Chinese medicinal materials. In the future, we will moderately develop natural resources and steadily develop artificial cultivation."

"Saline-alkali land..." Before Lin Bu finished speaking, his secretary reminded him that time was almost up and he had to change his words.

"We'll talk again when we have a chance."

Minister Lin left in a hurry, and after Guo Yang got the answer he wanted, he returned to Weiguang Company.

No matter how fast the Ministry of Agriculture moves, it will still take at least two or three days to communicate.

Guo Yang spent two days using Weiguang Company's media channels to build momentum.

Several media reports quickly attracted the attention of people in the seed industry.

"Chaos! There are hundreds of copies of one seed. China's seed industry must overcome this hurdle before it can turn around" - First Financial Daily
"The spread of counterfeit seeds: "Cowardly seeds" exacerbate farmers' desire to abandon planting, and merchants also claim to be harmed"

"Seed Industry Failure..."

...

It is the peak season for seed sales, and many agricultural supply store owners and businesses have seen these reports.

Seed duplication is already an open secret in the industry and is even commonplace.

However, it is rarely reported in the mass media, and this behavior undoubtedly tears off the fig leaf of the industry.

This has aroused the vigilance of some people, but more people continue to do as they please.

After that, seed companies and experts came forward to be interviewed one after another, accusing the chaos of counterfeiting in the seed industry.

Many varieties that should not have been approved were approved.

This resonated with many companies, and Denong Seed, Sanrui Agriculture, Tunyu Seed and others came forward to speak out.

Denghai Seed Industry.

Li Denghai smelled a familiar smell. This operation was so familiar.

"Is it Tianhe Seed Industry that is causing trouble?"

"should be."

"You are still too young and too imaginative." Li Denghai said with a smile.

He also doesn't like copycat seeds, but this is not a problem that seed companies can solve.

The attitude of the provincial seed administration bureau at the seed industry summit was very clear: the power of vested interests is deep-rooted and complex.

Fighting counterfeiting is fine, but promoting reforms in variety approval is pure wishful thinking. His assistant said, "Will the local authorities crack down on counterfeiting? If they do so now, it will have a big impact on Xianyu 335."

"It's okay. Most likely it's just a lot of noise but little rain."

Fengtian.

"There's nothing to be afraid of. There's no official media here. They're just some second-rate media."

Li Juan spoke with such confidence that Xu Fuchun heaved a sigh of relief.

“Can Dongdan 1311 continue to be promoted?”

Xu Fuchun did not want to give up this piece of cake. The high profits brought by high-priced corn seeds were too tempting.

"Of course, in this land of Northeast China, can't I protect you?"

"That's good, that's good." Xu Fuchun calmly stuffed a card into Li Juan's hand.

Li Juan chuckled and took it.

The reason why she was confident was that she received a notice from the Ministry of Agriculture: a symposium would be held in Henan Province to discuss the crackdown on illegal acts of infringement of variety rights.

Counterfeit seeds can be found everywhere. Since it is in Henan Province, it should have nothing to do with East Asia Seed Industry.

"Go ahead and do it. As long as it doesn't cause mass incidents, there will be no problem."

Xu Fuchun smiled and said: "What we sell is not inferior varieties, this is to increase farmers' income!"

Two days later, Li Juan was still in the office immersed in the joy of the generous rewards.

Two cars drove into the Seed Administration Bureau and went straight into Li Juan's office.

"Comrade Li Juan, please come with us."

Li Juan looked at the solemn-looking people with neat makeup in astonishment: "Who are you..."

The people in front handed their identity documents to Li Juan.

Li Juan looked at the bright words on it and said calmly, "What did I do wrong?"

The man smiled and said, "You know best whether you have done anything wrong. Why are you scared now?"

"Dongdan 1311 was approved by you, right?"

"How much did you charge?"

"I heard that you have a rule that if a variety costs 100 million, there will be no obstacles in the approval..."

As the man spoke word by word, Li Juan's face gradually became ugly.

She panicked.

Everything is settled.

In the face of facts, any defense will appear particularly embarrassing and pale.

Li Juan was taken away in full view of the public, and then a new leader came and conducted a comprehensive inspection of all major seed markets, agricultural supply stores, and processing plants in Fengtian.

Everything seemed silent.

The next day, the seed industry symposium was held in Henan Province as expected.

At the meeting, it was emphasized that seed production bases, agricultural inputs markets, etc. should be the core, and counterfeit seeds should be severely cracked down on to effectively protect the new varieties that companies have spent a lot of effort to cultivate.

As soon as the meeting ended, the news spread across the country.

For agricultural supply stores and distributors, this was bad news, and they cried and screamed.

Seed management stations in various places were trembling with fear. At the symposium, the Ministry of Agriculture came with cases, and Li Juan's fall from power shocked some people.

For seed companies, a polarization is prominent.

Denong Seed, Sanrui Agriculture and a number of seed companies committed to breeding and research and development were spreading the news.

On the contrary, the seed companies involved in counterfeiting are still hesitating. If they shrink at this time, it would be tantamount to giving up this year's market.

But time waits for no one.

The day after the meeting, the Ministry of Agriculture and other departments jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Protecting the Intellectual Property Rights of the Seed Industry and Cracking Down on Counterfeit and Substandard Products and Infringements..."

Frequent policy moves have sent out strong signals.

Various provinces and cities have launched anti-counterfeiting operations for agricultural inputs, including routine inspections, quality spot checks, and publicizing cases...

"Crack down on "counterfeit seeds", support seed industry innovators, and make infringers pay the price"

"Strike hard against infringement and counterfeiting, protect the rights of new seed varieties"--Henan Daily
"Focus on cracking down on "copycats" and curbing the operation of unapproved varieties - Liaoning Province maintains a high-pressure stance on seed supervision" - Farmers' Daily
Major agricultural provinces have successively inspected enterprises, seed markets, and business outlets, and seized countless counterfeit and inferior seeds.

Denghai Seed Industry.

"Don't worry, it won't have any impact on Xianyu 335. Xianyu 335 has not yet obtained domestic variety rights protection."

Li Denghai looked at his subordinates who were somewhat nervous and uneasy, and still believed that it was just a gust of wind. Once the gust of wind drove them away, they would come back in a swarm. It has always been like this.

"It will be fine after this period of time."

Another confidant came in.
"Boss, the latest news is that the Agriculture Department has approved the amendments to the variety approval regulations proposed by Tianhe."

Li Denghai took the document and was stunned.

The Ministry of Agriculture said it would actively communicate with relevant departments, conduct in-depth research, and amend and improve the relevant provisions of the Seed FA in a timely manner.

Now, Tianhe Seed Industry’s brand image has been completely established.

……

In Beijing, the statements made by relevant departments made Guo Yang feel that his efforts over the past six months had not been in vain.

(End of this chapter)