As a national strategic and basic core industry, seed industry is facing severe challenges from many aspects. In this paper we first briefly review the development course and comprehensively analyze the current situation of seed industry from three aspects: germplasm resources, breeding technology, and seed industry system. Then we discuss the existing problems, and finally we propose the future direction of crop seed industry in China. These may provide a scientific basis for the formulation of seed industry development policy.

seed industry  /  germplasm  /  crop breeding  /  seed industry system