Xi Jinping emphasized during the 33rd collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee
Strengthen the construction of the national biosafety risk prevention and control and governance system to improve the national biosafety governance capacity
■Biosecurity is about people’s lives and health, about the long-term stability of the country, and about the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. It is an important part of the country’s overall security, and it is also an important force that affects and even reshapes the world structure.We must deeply understand the importance and urgency of strengthening biosafety construction under the new situation, implement the overall national security concept, implement the biosafety law, coordinate development and safety, and strengthen the country in accordance with the principles of people-oriented, risk prevention, classified management, and coordination. The construction of biosafety risk prevention and control and governance system, improve the national biosafety governance capacity, and effectively build the national biosafety barrier
■It is necessary to improve the national biosafety governance system, strengthen strategic and forward-looking research plans, and improve the national biosafety strategy. It is necessary to strengthen systematic governance and prevention and control of the entire chain, adhere to system thinking, implement scientific policies, make overall plans, and do a good job in the governance of the entire chain. We must keep a close eye on key risk areas of biosafety, and strengthen bottom-line thinking and risk awareness. It is necessary to accelerate the promotion of biotechnology innovation and industrial application, promote the self-reliance of science and technology in the field of biosafety, build a national biosafety strategic science and technology force, improve the biosafety scientific research mechanism, strictly supervise the research and application of biotechnology, strengthen the management of biolabs, and strictly scientific research projects Ethical review and moral education of scientists.Actively participate in global biosafety governance, join hands with the international community to respond to increasingly severe biosafety challenges, and strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation and exchanges in biosafety policy formulation, risk assessment, emergency response, information sharing, and capacity building
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 29. The Politburo of the CPC Central Committee conducted the 33rd collective study on strengthening my country’s biosafety construction on the afternoon of September 29. When presiding over the study, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, emphasized that biosecurity is related to people’s lives and health, to the long-term stability of the country, and to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. It is an important part of the country’s overall security, and it is also an important force that affects and even reshapes the world. We must deeply understand the importance and urgency of strengthening biosafety construction under the new situation, implement the overall national security concept, implement the biosafety law, coordinate development and safety, and strengthen the country in accordance with the principles of people-oriented, risk prevention, classified management, and coordination. The establishment of a biosafety risk prevention and control and governance system will improve the country’s biosafety governance capabilities and effectively build a national biosafety barrier.
Comrade Wu Kongming, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, explained this issue and put forward work suggestions. Comrades from the Political Bureau of the Central Committee listened carefully to his explanation and discussed it.
Xi Jinping delivered an important speech while presiding over the study. He pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has placed the strengthening of biosafety construction in a more prominent position, incorporated it into the national safety strategy, promulgated and implemented the biosafety law, promulgated the national biosafety policy and the national biosafety strategy, and improved the national biosafety. Work organization and leadership systems and mechanisms, actively respond to major biosafety risks, strengthen the protection and utilization of biological resources, and use the power of the whole party, the country and the whole society to fight the people’s war against the new crown pneumonia epidemic. The safety foundation has been continuously consolidated, and historic achievements have been made in the construction of biosafety.
Xi Jinping emphasized that now, traditional biosafety issues and new biosafety risks are superimposed on each other. Overseas biological threats and internal biological risks are intertwined. Biosafety risks present many new characteristics. my country’s biosafety risk prevention, control and governance system still has shortcomings. . We must scientifically analyze my country’s biosafety situation, grasp the risks and challenges we are facing, and clarify the ideas and measures for strengthening biosafety construction.
Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to improve the national biosafety governance system, strengthen strategic and forward-looking research plans, and improve the national biosafety strategy. It is necessary to improve the biosafety governance mechanism of party committee leadership, government responsibility, social coordination, public participation, and legal protection, and strengthen the coordination mechanism of biosafety work at all levels. It is necessary to make full efforts in all aspects of legislation, law enforcement, justice, law popularization, and compliance, improve the national biosafety laws and regulations system and institutional guarantee system, strengthen the publicity and education of biosafety laws and regulations and biosafety knowledge, and raise the awareness of biosafety risk prevention in the whole society. It is necessary to consolidate the grassroots foundation of joint prevention and control, group prevention and group control, and lay a solid foundation for the prevention and control of biological security risks in the People’s War.
Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to strengthen systematic governance and prevention and control of the entire chain, adhere to system thinking, implement scientific policies, make overall plans, and do a good job in the governance of the entire chain. It is necessary to weave a dense biosafety risk monitoring and early warning network, improve the monitoring and early warning system, focus on strengthening the construction of grass-roots monitoring sites, and improve the ability of end-point detection. It is necessary to quickly perceive and identify new emerging infectious diseases, major animal and plant epidemics, microbial resistance, biotechnology environmental safety and other risk factors, so as to achieve early detection, early warning, and early response. It is necessary to establish and improve emergency plans for major biosafety emergencies, and improve the rapid emergency response mechanism. It is necessary to strengthen the reserve of emergency supplies and capacity, and it is necessary to reserve both physical objects and production capacity. It is necessary to implement active defense and proactive management, adhere to the prevention of human diseases and animals, move the border forward, and block the transmission path of zoonotic diseases from the source. Based on more precise and effective prevention, straighten out the grassroots animal and plant disease prevention and control systems and mechanisms, clarify the institutional positioning, enhance professional capabilities, and consolidate the grassroots foundation.
Xi Jinping pointed out that we must keep a close eye on key risk areas of biosafety and strengthen bottom line thinking and risk awareness. It is necessary to strengthen the safety supervision of biological resources and formulate and improve the catalog of biological resources and human genetic resources. It is necessary to strengthen entry quarantine, strengthen potential risk analysis and penalties for violations of laws and regulations, and resolutely guard the national gate. For those that have been introduced and have caused serious harm, it is necessary to find out the bottom line, “one type, one policy” and precise control, and effective elimination. It is necessary to strengthen the management of biological safety of domestic pathogenic microorganism laboratories, strictly implement relevant standards and regulations, and strictly manage experimental samples, experimental animals, and experimental wastes. It is necessary to strengthen the management of the use and residues of antimicrobial drugs.
Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to accelerate the advancement of biotechnology innovation and industrial application, promote the self-reliance of science and technology in the field of biosafety, build a national biosafety strategic scientific and technological force, improve the biosafety scientific research mechanism, tighten the supervision of biotechnology research and development and application, and strengthen the management of biological laboratories. Strict ethical review of scientific research projects and moral education of scientists. It is necessary to promote the healthy development of biotechnology, and under the premise of respecting science, strict supervision, laws and regulations, and ensuring safety, orderly promote the industrial application of bio-breeding, bio-pharmaceuticals and other fields. It is necessary to combine excellent traditional concepts with modern biotechnology, integrate Chinese and Western medicine, and use Chinese and Western medicine together, integrate and promote biological control and green prevention and control technologies and models, coordinate the use of antibacterial drugs, and promote harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to actively participate in global biosafety governance, join hands with the international community to respond to increasingly severe biosafety challenges, and strengthen bilateral and multilateral cooperation and exchanges in biosafety policy formulation, risk assessment, emergency response, information sharing, and capacity building. It is necessary to successfully host the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, promote the formulation of the “Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework”, and contribute Chinese wisdom and provide Chinese solutions to the world. It is necessary to promote the traceability of the new coronavirus in accordance with scientific principles and scientific rules.
Xi Jinping emphasized that strengthening the construction of biosafety is a long-term and arduous task that requires continuous and solid progress. Party committees (party groups) and governments at all levels should conscientiously unify their ideological understanding and actions into the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee, implement the responsibilities of biosafety work, and be responsible and responsible. It is necessary to increase investment, improve policies and measures, strengthen element guarantees, grasp the key tasks of biosafety construction and achieve results, improve the level of modernization of biosafety risk prevention and control and governance systems, and firmly grasp the national biosafety initiative. We must persevere in the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, resolutely overcome paralysis, war exhaustion, fluke psychology, and lax mentality, strictly implement various prevention and control measures, and guard the hard-won prevention and control results.