Scientific and technological innovation has become the hard core of development

In recent years, the scientific and technological innovation achievements of China's food industry have continued to emerge, and have been increasingly integrated into the whole process of food manufacturing and product circulation, driving the rapid development
of the food industry in the direction of full nutrition, high technology and intelligence.
China's food industry science and technology has stood tall in the global food science and technology highland, the "stuck neck" problem is being solved one by one, the breadth of scientific and technological innovation has increased significantly, the depth has been significantly deepened, the speed has been significantly accelerated, and the precision has been significantly strengthened, and the development blueprint of "big food, big technology" has gradually emerged
.

Science and technology is the weapon of the country, the country depends on it to be strong, enterprises rely on it to win, and the people's life depends on it
.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has established a new development concept led by innovation, clearly put forward the major thesis that "innovation is the primary driving force for leading development", and accelerated the implementation of innovation-driven development strategy
.

The food industry firmly grasps the "bull's nose" of scientific and technological innovation, strengthens the synergistic interaction of the entire food industry chain and industrial ecology, and explores an effective path
for scientific and technological innovation to lead the high-quality development of the food industry.
Disruptive innovative technologies and products such as food synthetic biology, intelligent manufacturing, design and recombinant food processing continue to emerge, interdisciplinary innovation has become the core driving force, and food processing and manufacturing, nutrition and health, bioengineering, intelligent equipment, quality and safety have become important areas of scientific and technological innovation and development of
China's food industry.

In recent years, China's investment in food science and technology research and development has increased
.
From 2015 to 2019, the number of projects approved by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for food science, basic agronomy and crop science projects increased by 17.
8%, and the amount of funding increased by 8.
8%.

In 2020, 412 universities in mainland China have opened food science and engineering majors
.
Among them, 408 universities have opened undergraduate programs, 97 universities have master's programs, and 76 universities have doctoral programs
.
In 2021, a number of innovation platforms in the food industry have been established one after another, and 9 national key laboratories, 15 national engineering centers, 47 China key laboratories of light industry, 34 China light industry engineering technology research centers and 54 national enterprise technology centers
have been established.

Scientific and technological innovation has become a strategic choice
for the development of more and more food enterprises.
From 2014 to 2020, the internal expenditure of industrial R&D funds above designated size increased from 40.
74 billion yuan to 52.
35 billion yuan
.
From 2014 to 2020, the number of R&D institutions run by enterprises above designated size increased from 3,842 to 5,900, and the number of personnel in R&D institutions increased from 108326 to 125446.
The number of R&D projects increased from 14,962 to 32,133, and the full-time equivalent of R&D personnel increased from 95,085 person-years to 127355 person-years.
Expenditure on new product development increased from RMB44.
08 billion to RMB64.
59 billion, and the number of patent applications increased from RMB18,941 to
RMB31,726.
(Editor Li Chuang)