On the morning of August 31, the Rural Revitalization and Science and Technology Academy Alliance (Zhejiang) Training Conference hosted by Zhejiang Association for Science and Technology was held in Yuhang, Hangzhou. Yuhang Mili Science and Technology Academy won the license, becoming the first “Science and Technology Academy” in the province. More than 20 experts and scholars, including China Association for Agricultural Technology, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, more than 10 related enterprises and associations for agricultural technology, more than 90 leaders of Zhejiang Association for Science and Technology and its subordinate cities, counties and districts, and relevant leaders of the Association for Agricultural Technology attended the meeting.
Wang Zhongmin, vice chairman of Zhejiang Association for Science and Technology, said at the meeting that 2020 is the year to achieve the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and the year to end the fight against poverty in an all-round way. At present, Zhejiang is accelerating its high-quality development, and the demand for science and technology is more urgent than ever. The China Association for Agricultural Technology and the Agricultural Technology Center of the China Association for Science and Technology are very concerned about and attach importance to the construction of Zhejiang “small science and technology academies”, which has promoted the development of Zhejiang “small science and technology academies” from concept to practice.
Wang Zhongmin pointed out that the new mode and new idea of “small science and technology academies” to build a close combination of “industry, education, research and administration” has become an important consensus of the Provincial Association for Science and Technology to unite scientific and technological workers to serve the “three rural areas” and implement the rural revitalization strategy. The Provincial Association for Science and Technology will implement specific measures to cultivate and develop “small science and technology academies” to plug the rural and agricultural industries with the wings of scientific innovation and science popularization.
Zhang Jianhua, Chairman of the Science and Technology Academy Alliance of China Agricultural Technology Association, introduced the background of the Alliance. It is reported that the Science and Technology Academy, which was founded in 2009, is a new model for postgraduates to settle down in rural areas and production lines, and carry out scientific and technological innovation, technical services and talent training “at zero distance” with farmers, enterprises and the government. The alliance of “small science and technology academies” is the 2.0 upgraded version of small science and technology academies. At present, 34 “small science and technology academies” have been listed in 8 provinces nationwide.
At the meeting, Li Xiaolin, Chairman of the Alliance of Small Science and Technology Institutes of China Association for Agricultural Technology, introduced the construction requirements of “Small Science and Technology Institutes” to the delegates from the aspects of their origin, role, construction conditions and main practices. Li Xiaolin pointed out that the “small science and technology institute” has the functions of guiding scientific and technological personnel to serve agriculture, rural areas and farmers in the front line, cultivating outstanding talents in industrial practice, and mining practical technical problems in production to promote industrial development. The working principle of “small science and technology institute” is “the leadership of science and technology association, the implementation of colleges and universities, the guidance of teachers, the residence of students, and multi-party cooperation” to serve the development of industry and the revitalization of rural areas.
It is reported that the first “Science and Technology Academy” in Zhejiang Province, “Yuhang Mili Science and Technology Academy”, was unveiled at the meeting. Relying on Academician Zhang Fusuo and the science and technology teams of Zhejiang University, China Agricultural University and other universities, it focuses on a series of scientific research projects such as the new ecological cycle model of sheep raising and Mili pear, soil quality and efficiency improvement, scientific fertilization, cold storage, and deep processing of primary agricultural product derivatives. With the goal of rural revitalization, the “Science and Technology Academy” will strive to be a locomotive to promote the cooperation between production, education and research of Yuhang Pear, and help the green development of agriculture in Yuhang and the continuous increase of farmers’ income.
Next, Zhejiang will further innovate the work of “small science and technology academies”, comprehensively innovate the service mode of small science and technology academies, create “Zhejiang experience” of “small science and technology academies” in developed regions of China, comprehensively promote the construction of “small science and technology academies”, and serve the rural revitalization.
Before the meeting, the expert representatives attending the meeting also conducted field teaching, visited the “Yuhang Mili Science and Technology Academy”, the Yuhang cormorant fruit farmers’ cooperative rural science popularization demonstration base and the construction of beautiful villages.
(Source: Zhejiang Online)