On May 18, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) held the Greater Bay Area Matchmaking Conference on the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements in Shenzhen, co-sponsored by the Achievement Transformation Bureau of CAAS and Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences（AGIS）. The theme of conference is to strengthen the transformation of high-quality agricultural scientific and technological achievements and promote the independent development of high-level farm science and technology. To do that, the matchmaking meeting aims to accelerate the transformation and application of scientific and technical achievements of CAAS in the Greater Bay Area.

The conference brought together 8 units of CAAS and invited 9 high-quality scientific research achievement project teams, including 2 academician teams. At the meeting, project teams communicated in-depth with more than 100 investors. More than 30 investment institutions expressed investment intentions and signed patent licensing agreement with Shenzhen enterprises.

Mei Xurong, vice president of CAAS, addressed the conference, saying that Shenzhen is a city of science and technology conducive to transforming scientific and technological achievements. This conference set an excellent example for focusing on matching investment institutions and potential achievements. The conference helps strengthen the market orientation of scientific and technological innovation and financial empowerment, promote the deep integration of industrial research and finance, bridge the gap between scientific and technical achievements from research institutes into industries, and improve overall technological competitiveness and actual productivity. It also plays an essential leading role in promoting the transformation of high-quality agricultural scientific and technical achievements.

Li Zhong, director of Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation, said that AGIS had made several significant scientific research breakthroughs and has incubated many agricultural technology enterprises, making outstanding contributions to the modernization of Shenzhen's agricultural industry. Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation fully supports the scientific and technological innovation and achievement transformation of CCAS in the agricultural field, promotes the effective integration of the agricultural innovation chain and the industrial chain, and better serves the high-quality development of the agriculture and food industry in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.