Yuan Zhiming: Strengthen basic capacity-building and strengthen biosecurity prevention and control

biosecurity has been a focus issue at two special meetings this year affected by the new crown outbreak.
" biosecurity refers to the hazards or potential risks to national security, social security, economic development, people's health and ecological environment caused by biologically related man-made or non-human factors, as well as strategic and comprehensive measures to prevent and manage these hazards or risks. Yuan Zhiming, a member
National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of the Wuhan branch of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, explained in an interview with China Science Daily.
, biosecurity is not a point, but a large range. This also presents a challenge to the related risk prevention and control.
SARS in 2003, after more than ten years of efforts, China's biosecurity risk response and protection capacity for sudden infectious diseases has been greatly improved.
" in order to effectively control new infectious diseases, the state in high-level biosecurity laboratories, biosecurity laws and regulations, personnel training, as well as scientific research projects, scientific research support projects, etc. have done a lot of deployment, but also been effectively implemented. Yuan Zhiming said. The outbreak of new crown pneumonia has the characteristics of strong infectiousness, wide range of harm, difficulty in prevention and control, far-reaching impact, exposing some short boards in public health system and biosecurity in China, such as the layout of biosecurity laboratory is not comprehensive and reasonable, infectious disease prevention and control technology and drug reserve system has not been fully completed.
To this end, Yuan Zhiming looks forward to further improving the national biosecurity laboratory system, in order to build a reasonable regional distribution, functional, including scientific research, pathological anatomy, inspection and quarantine and production services, including high-level biosecurity laboratory system, integration of resources, scientific and technological research. To provide technology and drug reserves for the prevention and control of new infectious diseases, to effectively safeguard the country's biosecurity and empowerment, and to safeguard the two century-old goals of the great rejuvenation of the two Chinese nations.
fact, my country has deployed for this. The High-level Biosecurity Laboratory System Construction Plan, issued in 2016, states that by 2025, a national system of high-level biosecurity laboratories with a reasonable layout and network operation will be formed. At that time, China will be in accordance with the regional distribution, functional, outstanding characteristics of the principle, the formation of 5-7 four-level laboratory construction layout. A new batch of level III laboratories (including mobile level III laboratories) has been created to achieve the goal of at least one level III laboratory in each province.
At the same time, Yuan Zhiming believes that in addition to reliable physical facilities, strict management systems, and a team of scientific research and management personnel with biosecurity expertise and experience, researchers need to comply with the code of conduct and bioethics of scientists to ensure the safe and efficient operation of a biosecurity laboratory. It is required that scientific research should serve mankind more and ensure that scientific research results can benefit the development of human society and the improvement of quality of life
He hoped that in the future China would further improve the national biosecurity laws and regulations system, strengthen the training of personnel in the field of biosecurity, strengthen the popular science and education of biosecurity, and raise awareness of biosecurity.
is equally important to disseminate scientific knowledge and enhance biosecurity awareness. Any major outbreak or major natural disaster will be accompanied by a public thirst for popular science knowledge. Yuan Zhiming suggested that all parties should exert their strength and adopt various ways to carry out popular science propaganda work, so as to continuously raise the awareness of the whole people to build biosecurity capabilities.
he also said that the dissemination of scientific knowledge and the promotion of scientific ideas is also a national scientific research institutions and scientific research personnel's responsibility and obligation. According to reports, a few years ago, Wuhan Branch set up a science research society, through the full play of the role of scientists, especially retired scientists, into schools, communities, institutions, the introduction of scientific knowledge and the latest scientific research results, achieved a good response.