Ten Key Points for the Seed Industry: An Interpretation of the Innovation-Driven Development Strategy
Demand orientation
Resolve the constraints on the transition from factor-driven and investment-driven growth to innovation-driven growth, so that innovation is truly translated into the creation of new growth points and innovation outcomes become tangible industrial activities.
Intellectual property protection
Implement a strict intellectual property protection system. Improve laws related to intellectual property protection, study lowering the threshold for criminal liability for infringement, adjust compensation standards for damages, and explore the implementation of a punitive damages system. Improve mechanisms for rights holders to defend their rights, and reasonably allocate the burden of proof among rights holders.
An industrial technological innovation mechanism with enterprises as the main body
Science and technology projects with clear market orientation shall be led by enterprises, guided by the government, and implemented jointly with higher education institutions and research institutes. Encourage the building of industrial technological innovation strategic alliances led by enterprises and based on industry-university-research cooperation.
Post-financial subsidies and indirect investment
Make greater use of post-financial subsidies, indirect investment and other methods to support enterprises in making independent decisions and investing first, and to carry out research and development tackling of key generic technologies, equipment and standards in major industries.
Industry management
Reform the industrial regulatory system, shifting the focus from prior approval to strengthening in-process and post-event oversight in accordance with the law, and form an industrial policy orientation conducive to transformation and upgrading and encouraging innovation.
Share of proceeds from commercialization of outcomes
Improve the system for employee inventions, promote the revision of relevant content in the Patent Law, the Company Law and other laws, improve the mechanisms for the attribution and benefit-sharing of scientific and technological outcomes and intellectual property, and increase the share of benefits received by core teams and principal inventors. Improve the reward and remuneration system, and improve the dispute arbitration and legal remedy systems for employee inventions.
Share of proceeds for researchers
In higher education institutions and research institutes established with fiscal funds, the proceeds from the transfer of employee invention outcomes shall be reasonably distributed between important contributors and the affiliated units, and the share of proceeds used to reward important contributors and teams such as research leaders and core technical personnel may be raised from the current no less than 20% to no less than 50%.
Two-way flow
Improve the remuneration and position management systems for researchers, break down institutional obstacles to talent flow, and promote the reasonable flow of researchers between public institutions and enterprises.
Seed industry going global
Optimize the management system for overseas innovation investment, improve the comprehensive coordination mechanism, coordinate to resolve major issues, and join forces to support domestic technology, products, standards and brands in going global and opening up international markets. Strengthen the evaluation of technical trade measures and the risk early-warning mechanism.
Improve the evaluation system
Improve the innovation-driven orientation evaluation system, improve and perfect the GDP accounting method, and reflect the economic value of innovation. Study and establish innovation-driven development evaluation indicators that combine scientific and technological innovation, intellectual property and industrial development, and incorporate them into the national economic and social development plan.