During his research in Beijing, Liu Guozhong emphasized accelerating agricultural technological innovation and application of achievements to achieve high-level agricultural technological self-reliance and self-improvement.

On the 9th, Liu Guozhong, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, conducted a research in Beijing. He emphasized the need to conscientiously study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on the work of agriculture, rural areas, and technology innovation. According to the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, he called for the deep implementation of the strategy of storing grain in the ground and in technology, accelerating key core technology research in agriculture, promoting deep integration of science and technology innovation with industrial innovation, achieving high-level self-reliance in agricultural science and technology, and providing strong technological support for promoting comprehensive revitalization of rural areas and accelerating the construction of a strong agricultural country. Liu Guozhong visited Pinggu District in Beijing, where he visited digital agriculture farms, agricultural science and technology innovation centers, seed companies, agricultural industrial parks, and agricultural service centers to gain a firsthand understanding of agricultural science and technology innovation, transformation of achievements, breeding of new varieties, facility agriculture, and construction of high-standard farmland. He stressed the need to resolutely promote the modernization of agricultural science and technology, develop new quality agricultural productivity according to local conditions, solidly promote the revitalization of the seed industry, accelerate innovation breakthroughs around urgent industry needs, enhance the independent and controllable capacity of seed sources, strengthen protection of intellectual property rights, promote the standardized development of the seed industry, focus on the shortcomings of agricultural mechanization, strengthen the research and promotion of advanced and applicable agricultural machinery, actively explore modern production models such as facility agriculture, plant factories, and synthetic biology, and continuously improve agricultural production efficiency and benefits. It is necessary to vigorously promote the large-scale single-crop yield improvement of grain and oil crops, strengthen the integrated application of various technologies and the construction of high-standard farmland, promote stable and high crop yields of grain and important agricultural products, actively promote the application of advanced technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence in agriculture, and empower the development of modern agriculture with digitalization. Liu Guozhong emphasized the need to pool resources from scientific research institutions, universities, and enterprises, strengthen the support role of high-level agricultural research platforms, build a collaborative and efficient agricultural science and technology innovation collaborative system, and enhance overall innovation efficiency. It is necessary to highlight the industrialization orientation, actively play the role of the agricultural science and technology promotion system, accelerate the development of agricultural science and technology services for small farmers, bridge the "last mile" of applying scientific and technological achievements, and promote agricultural efficiency and increased farmer incomes.