Outlines of Key Funds for Animal Health from Chinese Ministries and in CAAS Prof. Dr. Hong Yin
Sponsors of Programmes on Animal Health - State level - Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) - National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) - Occasionally Other Ministries - Local government level - Department of Science and Technology - Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Occasionally) - Occasionally Other Departments - Private sectors - Biotechnology companies
Programmes from the MOST - Initiate new programmes every five years in accordance with the Five Year Plan; - In the 13 th Five Year Plan (2016-2020), launched the National Key Research and Development Program of China; - The sector, Control of Severe Animal disease and Development of Integral technologies for Efficient and Safe Feeding and Husbandry, is for animal health; - Totally invested 1.422 bil Yuan; - Supported 63 programs.
Summary of the Programs Year No. of the programs Period of the program (Year) Total funds (mil Yuan) Annual funds per program (mil Yuan) 2016 16 5 692 8.64 2017 23 4 438 4.77 2018 24 3 292 4.05 Total 63-1422 -
Veterinary vs Husbandry V e t e r i n a r y H u s b a n d r y 27.2% V e t e r i n a r y H u s b a n d r y 49;77.8% Numbers of programs 72.8% Funds of programs
Top 5 institutions Rank Institute No. of programs Total funds (mil Yuan) 1 China Agricultural University 8 121.49 2 Huazhong Agricultural University 6 143.12 3 Harbin Veterinary institute 4 136.78 4 Military Veterinary Research Institute 3 102.49 5 Institute of Animal sciences 3 74.71
Contingency Program from the MOST - Initiated a contingency program for ASF at the beginning of 2019; - The project is coordinated by Dr. Zhu Hongfei from the Institute of Animal Science in Beijing; - Funded 30 mil Yuan; - Periods, 2 years.
Programs from the NSFC - Mainly support basic research; - Emphasize on young scientist cultivation and supporting; - In 2018, total of 1471 proposals; - 1465 proposals passed the primary evaluation and processed to peer review; - Total of 311 proposals were funded, the funding rate was 21.2%.
No. of approved projects in 2018 Type of Project No. of approved projects Rates of grants Average fund per project General Project 142 22.25 59.50 Fund for Young Scholars 117 28.71 24.71 Regional Project 40 19.32 39.75 Key Project 5 16.67 286 Fund for Excellent Young Scholars 3 10.34 130 Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars 1 6.67 350 Joint Research Fund for Overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao Young Scholars Fund for International Cooperation and Exchanges 1 50 18 2 22.22 270
Special funds for ASF from the NSFC - Launched a Key project specifically for basic research for ASFV; - Including 5 programs; - Total invest: 15 mil Yuan; - Periods: 3 years; - The proposal is now under evaluation.
Programmes from the MARA - Funding the Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System since 2007; - Supporting 50 main agricultural products; 34 plant products, 11 husbandry products and 5 fishery products; - Focusing on key issues in production chain, to achieve the aim of from research and development to market ; - Total of around 1 billion every year, around 20 mil Yuan per system; - Continually supporting program.
11 husbandry products - Forage grass - Breeding - Cow - Beef and yak - Mutton sheep - Wool sheep - Laying hen - Chicken - Water fowl - Rabbit - Bee
Example of Beef and Yak system - Sector 1: Industrial Economy - Industrial economy - Sector 2: Disease Prevention and Control - Biosecurity and integral control - Viral disease control - Parasitic disease control - Medicine development and clinical implementation - Bacterial disease control - Yak disease diagnosis and treatment - Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine application - Yak infectious disease control
Example of Beef and Yak system - Sector 3: Production - Quality control and nutrition assessment - Slaughter and meat grading - Integral usage of side products - Production of beef products - Sector 4: Production and environmental control - Beef farm design and environmental assessment - Treatment and usage of the feces - Process development of farming system and automatic control
Surveillance programs for ASF from the MARA - Program 1: Integrated technology for the prevention and control of ASF - Selecting stable and efficient diagnostic tests - Standardizing the procedure for ASFV detection and implementation - Development of early detection methods - Epidemiological surveillance - Study on high efficient disinfectant - Total invest: about 9 mil Yuan - Program 2: Annual surveillance program for ASF - Epidemiological surveillance - Confirmatory diagnosis - Establishment of standard detection and diagnostic protocols - 5 institute involved, about 1 mil Yuan for each institute per year.
Veterinary Research Institutes in CAAS MARA China institute of veterinary drug control CADC CAAS China animal health and epidemiology center Lanzhou veterinary research institute Haerbing veterinary research institute Shanghai veterinary research institute Lanzhou institute of husbandry and pharmaceutical sciences Institute of Animal sciences Economic animal research institute
Programs from the CAAS - Coordinating the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program since 2013; - Supporting 331 research teams; about 65 teams on animal health; - Total of around 900 mil Yuan every year, more than 2 mil Yuan per team; - Continually supporting program.
Distribution of the main veterinary teams Institute Harbin veterinary research institute Lanzhou veterinary research institute Shanghai veterinary research institute Lanzhou institute of husbandry and pharmaceutical sciences Viral disease Bacterial disease Parasitic disease Zoonosis Pharmaceutics 8 3 0 4 0 7 1 3 1 0 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Institute FMD AI Harbin veterinary research institute Lanzhou veterinary research institute Shanghai veterinary research institute Viral disease teams Swine disease Avian disease Bovine and ovine disease Equine disease 0 2 2 2 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 Main focus in each institute - Harbin veterinary research institute - AI, Classical swine fever, Aujeszky s diseases, African swine fever, TGE, PED, PoRV, PCV2, PPV, PTV, Infectious Bursal Disease, Marek's Disease, Avian Leukosis, Newcastle Diseases, Avian Infectious Bronchitis, Equine influenza, Equine infectious anemia - Lanzhou veterinary research institute - FMD, AI, Swine vesicular Disease, Porcine circovirus disease, Classical swine fever, African swine fever, Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), TGE, PED, PoRV, Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), Ovine smallpox, Newcastle Disease, Infectious bronchitis of chicken - Shanghai veterinary research institute - Animal influenza, Duck Tembusu virus, PRRSV, PRV, CSFV, PEDV, JE, Ebola virus, Rift Valley Fever, Newcastle disease virus, duck hepatitis virus
Bacterial disease teams Main focus in each institute - Harbin veterinary research institute - Animal tuberculosis, Swine respiratory bacterial diseases, Streptococcus Diseases, Food-born Bacteria Diseases, Mycoplasema - Lanzhou veterinary research institute - Ovine mycoplasma pneumonia, Bovine and ovine clostridial disease, Streptococcal disease and Porcine pleuropneumonia, Anaplasma - Shanghai veterinary research institute - Brucella abortus, Salmenella, Vibrio parahaemolytieus, Streptocococcus, Riemerella anatipestifer, Avian Pasteurella multocida
Parasitic disease teams Main focus in each institute - Lanzhou veterinary research institute - Fascioliosis, - Nematode disease, - Swine trichinosis, - Trypanosomosis, - Coccidiosis - Tick-borne heamoprotozoal diseases, - Hypodermosis, - Tick - Shanghai veterinary research institute - Animal schistosomiasis, - tick-borne protozoon diseases, - Chicken coccidiosis, - trypanosomosis and crytosporidiosis
Zoonosis teams Main focus in each institute - Harbin veterinary research institute - Rabies, Brucella, Japanese encephalitis, Peste des Petits Ruminants, Bluetongue, Raft Valley Fever, West Nile Fever, Nipah Diseases, Ebola, SARS, MERS - Lanzhou veterinary research institute - Chlamydiosis, Cysticercosis, Echinococcus disease, Toxoplasmosis, Rabies, Animal influenza, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), Brucellosis, Streptococcus disease, Listeriosis, Lyme disease - Shanghai veterinary research institute - Parasites in aquatic products, Cryptosporidium, coronavirus