Seeds, as the "chips of agriculture," serve as the cornerstone of modern agriculture, and the seed industry is a strategic and fundamental core industry for the country. China is one of the largest seed markets globally, with a total size exceeding 140 billion yuan. Currently, the industry is undergoing a profound transformation driven by biotechnology breeding.

Since the launch of the industrialization pilot for genetically modified corn and soybeans by the country in 2021, the policy path has been continuously clarified. By 2024, the establishment of the "comprehensive acceleration" orientation marked that the industrialization of biological breeding had entered the fast lane of rapid development and was becoming the core engine driving industrial upgrading, safeguarding national food security, and promoting sustainable agricultural development. With the strong support of national strategies, a vast market with a potential worth hundreds of billions is accelerating its formation.

However, the vigorous development of the industry coexists with severe challenges:

(1) Core seed sources are controlled by others: The core trait genes of insect-resistant crops currently cultivated commercially in China mainly rely on outdated genes such as Cry1A and Cry2A, which were discovered abroad in the last century and have expired patents. There is a severe lack of source innovation and independent intellectual property reserves.

(2) Prevention and control gaps in key targets: For semi-winged pests such as aphids and planthoppers, as well as crop nematodes that pose significant threats, the industry has long lacked efficient and specific resistance gene resources, which has become an obvious shortcoming in the technical system.

(3) Threats to sustainable development: The long-term and widespread use of genes with a single mechanism of action has led to increased resistance in pests, threatening the lifecycle of existing technological products. There is an urgent market demand for a new generation of genes with novel mechanisms of action that can delay resistance.

From the perspective of technological evolution, the industry is moving towards a new stage of "intelligent design breeding" characterized by the deep integration of biotechnology (BT), information technology (IT), and artificial intelligence (AT). This trend not only greatly enhances breeding efficiency but also poses higher demands on the deep exploration and precise design of resources. Against this backdrop, breaking through the "bottleneck" dilemma and building an autonomous and controllable seed innovation system has risen to a national strategic demand related to industrial security and competitiveness.

Therefore, the next-generation insect-resistant traits, which possess fully independent intellectual property rights, can fill the gaps in key domestic fields, and effectively address resistance challenges, have become the core scarce resources and strategic commanding heights that determine the future landscape of the seed industry. YuanDian Biotech, leveraging its unique gene resource library and innovative capabilities at the source, is committed to overcoming the core bottlenecks of the industry and providing key core technological support to ensure national food security and promote green and sustainable agricultural development.