Xiang Zhonghuai: How can China’s sericulture industry embark on the “New Silk Road” in the 21st century?

【Explanation】China’s sericulture industry with a history of thousands of years has created the world-famous ancient Silk Road. Today, China’s sericulture industry technology has reached the world’s leading level. All this is closely related to the major breakthroughs made by Xiang Zhonghuai, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, in the sericulture science community.

After graduating from the Sericulture Department of Southwest Agricultural College, Xiang Zhonghuai stayed at the school to teach, thus starting a 64-year career in sericulture education and scientific research.

Xiang Zhonghuai said that silk is a symbol of ancient Chinese culture. The founding of the country through agriculture and mulberry gave birth to Chinese civilization and prospered the Chinese economy. Silk was once a symbol of Eastern civilization and a bridge between Eastern and Western civilizations.

[Same period] Xiang Zhonghuai, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

Silk, of course, originated in China, which is recognized by the world. China should be said to be a country “founded by agriculture and mulberry trees”. Mulberry trees and sericulture have always played an important role.

[Explanation] China is the birthplace of the silk industry. However, the science and technology of sericulture has experienced three major transfers in history, from China to Europe, from Europe to Japan, and from Japan back to China.

At the beginning of the 21st century, with the release of the Human Genome Project and the Rice Genome Project, genome has become the focus of international competition in the field of biological sciences.

In 2003, in order for China to take the initiative in the international competition for geneintellectual property rights, Xiang Zhonghuai led the team to catch up with Japan and complete the world’s first Zhang’s silkworm genome framework is called a milestone in the “New Silk Road” of the 21st century by the industry.

[Same period] Xiang Zhonghuai, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

I think my purpose is to revitalize the science of sericulture in our country. I want to find a way to develop sericulture, so I have this purpose. I want to cultivate a group of people through such a thingTalent, talents working on genome.

[Explanation] Since then, Xiang Zhonghuai has led the team to complete a series of scientific research breakthroughs such as the fine map of the silkworm genome, the genetic variation map, the mulberry genome, and the silkworm microsporidian genome.

Xiang Zhonghuai said that the traditional “Silk Road” was mainly a silk industry based on sericulture, while the 21st century “New Silk Road” is centered on modern science and technology such as genome research, with highQualityDevelopment of modern sericulture and silk industry.

[Same period] Xiang Zhonghuai, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

In the past, my sericulture system consisted of planting mulberries, raising silkworms, and reeling silk. That was it. The current technological system is a diversified system, which has formed several new industries, such as various new industrial systems based on sericulture.

[Explanation] Xiang Zhonghuai expressed that it is necessary to integrate sericulture and mulberry into the modern industrial system, absorb modern scientific achievements, and constantly adapt to market demand, so as to lead the reconstruction of China’s sericulture discipline and industry, and the “New Silk Road” in the 21st century “It will definitely get wider and wider.

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