Seeds are the "chips" of agriculture, and the safety of the seed industry is related to food security and rural revitalization. In recent years, overseas espionage and intelligence agencies have increasingly penetrated my country's food sector and illegally obtained genetic data on my country's soybeans, corn, rice seeds and other crops, causing serious harm to China's food security.

Grain industry: frequent traps

Parental seeds are generally the first generation of seeds used in hybrid experiments. They are agricultural resources that are strictly prohibited from being sold to foreign countries in our country. The work of the national security agency found that a certain country's spy intelligence agency has always been eyeing my country's grain data and germplasm resources, and illegally collected parent seeds in China.

An overseas spy agency used high economic rewards as a temptation to establish a so-called "cooperative" relationship with Zhu Moumou and his company in China, and purchased parent seeds from him in the name of "cooperative seed production" for a long time. Driven by profit, Zhu Moumou knew that this behavior was illegal, but still chose to take risks and avoid supervision by placing the parent seeds in other containers declared for export. In the end, Zhu Moumou was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison, and the remaining 17 subjects involved were sentenced to varying degrees of administrative penalties.

Grain-Producing Areas: The Bourne Supremacy

The national security agency received a report from the public that personnel from a certain country’s consulate led an investigation team composed of agricultural, biological and other professionals to visit an important agricultural producing area in a certain province of my country several times to conduct illegal exploration and collection of the yield and reserves of a certain crop in our country in the name of "visit investigation". The investigation found that the team members had a strong sense of counter-investigation and were very cautious in their work. When traveling to and from different grain-producing areas, they frequently change modes of transportation; when conducting agricultural surveys, they often choose country roads to travel and make temporary stops next to fields. The national security organs will promptly stop the incident after learning about the relevant situation, and deal with the relevant personnel in accordance with the law.

Tips from national security agencies

"Agriculture stabilizes the country and food secures the world." Food security is related to the national economy, people's livelihood and social stability, and is an important part of national security. Ensuring food security and protecting germplasm resources are the responsibilities of national security agencies to implement the overall national security concept and ensure high-quality development with high-level security.

In recent years, overseas espionage and intelligence agencies have continued to increase their penetration into my country's grain field, stealing my country's core scientific research information, causing significant harm to the core competitiveness of my country's rice seed industry and food security. The national security agencies resolutely fulfill the sacred mission entrusted by the party and the people, and work with relevant departments to prevent and crack down on the theft of secrets by overseas espionage intelligence agencies and their agents in the field of China's food security in accordance with the law. They strike hard to cut off the "black hands" of overseas secret theft that extend to my country's germplasm resources, effectively prevent and stop the risks and hidden risks of leakage of secrets in the field of food security, and make every effort to ensure the smooth implementation of the national food security strategy and build a solid national food security defense line.

If citizens find suspicious clues that endanger our food security in their daily lives, they can report through the 12339 national security agency report acceptance hotline, the online reporting platform (www.12339.gov.cn), the Ministry of National Security WeChat public account report acceptance channel, or directly to the local national security agency, and jointly build a steel wall to safeguard national security.

(CCTV reporter Wang Li)