Cooperation between seed enterprises and research institutes undesirable

Scientific research is an incremental process, and the breeding of a variety takes 7-8 years, along with unpredictability, while seed enterprises hope to get the results as soon as possible, usually without a clear understanding of the time required for breeding. As a result, they may quit the cooperation at any time when getting no positive short-term outcome. Conflicting cooperation purposes For research institutes, the breeding of varieties is aimed at publications and academic titles, while product conversion is often considered secondary. Scientific evaluation of a newly developed variety usually takes five years, but seed enterprises buy existing varieties for the purpose of instant profits. Thus, both sides have conflicting aims and conflicting purposes for entering into cooperation. Enterprises signs contracts with varying ranks of research units, such as institutes, chambers, research groups, and even individuals, which hints at the inefficiency of legally binding agreements. Therefore, the alteration or the adjustment of leaders and research of the institute also influences the cooperation. Furthermore, cooperation between seed enterprises and research institutes is all about unconstrained contracts and purchases. Because of that, a long-term stable partnership cannot get established between both sides. Seed enterprises expect instant success, and they may break up the partnership if they cannot obtain expected profits. Disagreement on variety rights Seed enterprises pay institutes for R&D on seeds in the hope of obtaining exclusive rights on a seed variety and to obtain exclusive rights to explore the market, which help the company elevate its reputation. However, institutes are not willing to make their resources and breeding information open to society. Institutes are willing to transfer variety distribution rights to multiple enterprises in order to expand the promotion of the seed variety, and to possibly increase their eligibility for State Science and Technology Prizes and other awards. Thus, cooperation between seed enterprises and research institutes prioritizes the institute's interests over the seed enterprises' interests, which creates conflict. Divergence in economic foundations Nowadays agricultural research institutes still follow the planned economic system, while seed enterprises have just entered the market economy. Cooperation between the two parties belonging to totally contrasting economic systems makes it difficult to maintain a balance between competition and profit distribution. Thus, the so-called "industry-university-research cooperation" between the industry and researchers based upon a market orientation and sharing interests and risks are unattainable. The market economy has so far been the most efficient economic system, and enterprises boost its development by way of science and technology. The developmental experience of the world's developed countries proves that enterprises are the mainstay of the development of the market economy, of technology innovation, and of the formation of independent intellectual property rights. Also, the establishment of an innovation-oriented country and the improvement of independent innovation rely on the support from thousands of innovation-oriented enterprises. For every country, under the current situation of rapid global economic development, the decline of enterprises will inevitably lead to the downfall of the national economy; similarly, the rise of enterprises will certainly boost the national economy. Table of Contents of Seed China News 1312: Policy on grain purchasing and subsidy implemented again Cooperation between seed enterprises and research institutes: undesirable GM foods rejected by most Chinese Beidahuang Kenfeng terminates cooperation with SOPO on backdoor listing Winall Hi-tech to establish three subsidiaries Oversupply in China's corn seed market and revelations from it Brief introduction of Guangdong corn seed market Cooperation between seed enterprises and research institutes undesirable, Cooperation between seed enterprises and research institutes undesirable, Cooperation between seed enterprises and research institutes undesirable