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BEIJING, April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The winners of the 12th DBN Science and Technology Award will be conferred at a

ceremony slated to be held on May 28&29 in Beijing. Inaugurated in 1999, DBN

Science and Technology Award was established to recognize and reward

individuals and organizations who have made extraordinary technological

discoveries that have translated into real-world outcomes that reshape the

future of the global agricultural industry.

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Selected and reviewed by a panel of experts and scholars across a variety of

industries, the Award has acknowledged the achievements made by a host of

prestigious academicians and scientists whose technologies demonstrate

next-level innovation with great impact on the agricultural industry. Those

outstanding individuals include Professor Roger Beach, founding director of the

World Food Center at UC Davis; Xie Hua'an, academician with the Chinese Academy

of Sciences; Qiao Shiyan, academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Parallel with the Zhongguancun Global Technological Innovation Forum, the event

is hosted by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Agricultural

University, Zhejiang University, Huazhong Agricultural University, Chinese

Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Crop Science Society of

China. The two-day event will invite over 1,000 top-notch scientists,

researchers, corporate leaders and industry leaders as well as Nobel Prize

laureates to shed light on the opportunities and challenges facing the

agricultural industry, with an estimated one million viewers expected to join

the sessions via the live-streaming channel.

Meanwhile, the Global Agricultural Technology Innovation platform(GAIN) will be

announced, which is established for global industry players to strengthen

cooperation, therefore enabling quick, efficient and cost-effective co-creation

of breakthrough agricultural solutions that address pain points in farming and

food production.

"Over the past 22 years, DBN Science and Technology Award has nominated 474

winners from the global agricultural communities whose 55 technological

innovations and achievements have later been selected as China's national

priority projects. Through the initiative that allows industry scientists to

showcase their pioneering ideas and impactful scientific contributions, we are

proud to support some of the most prominent individuals, companies and research

institutions in their quest to explore the agricultural solutions that will

benefit farmers, consumers as well as the crop production system for years to

come," said Dr.Song Weiping, the CEO of DBN Group.

"This year, DBN Group aims to build on its previous milestones to further

expand the extensive cooperation and communication space that the Award and the

Forum offer, setting up GAIN to bolster businesses and scientific institutions

that are pursuing industry partners, as part of our effort to drive forward the

development of the industry" Dr.Song added.

The Group has secured its longtime place as one of the top recipients of

China's patents with over 330 innovative inventions, ranking it as the number

eight company in China by patent strength evaluated on value, utility, number

and PCT applications of the patents.

GAIN website:https://www.gainnovation.org.cn/en/show-61.html

SOURCE:Global Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Platform(GAIN)