(Beijing/Shanghai Comprehensive News) China plans to expand the pilot planting of genetically modified corn next year.
According to the Reuters on Friday (December 15), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a meeting last month. A source who heard a briefing of the conference proposal said that genetically modified corn will be approved to be planted in eight provinces next year.It covers an area of about 10 million acres, including Liaoning in Northeast Province.Northeast China is the most important corn planting area in China. This will be the first time that genetically modified corn has been approved in traditional agricultural provinces in Liaoning.
GM corn will also be planted in the southwest of Guangxi for the first time.However, this agricultural planting plan in China has not yet been made public and may still change.
Sources said that the final planting area of GM corn will be determined by provinces. It is expected that provinces will take restrictions and specify counties and towns with qualified planting.
The other two familiar sources also pointed out that China's genetically modified seed developers and breeders are preparing for the planting of 10 million acres of genetically modified corn.One of them said that everyone was waiting for the official certificate to allow them to sell genetically modified seeds. This certificate may be issued in the next month.
China has gradually expanded the pilot value of the genetically modified products in recent years.The promotion area is about 4 million mu.
The Chinese government is very prudent in the promotion of genetically modified. Although the imported genetically modified grains are allowed, genetically modified corn seeds are not allowed to be fully commercialized.
However, due to the unstable relationship with the United States exporting countries, and Ukraine, the main corn planting country, Ukraine is experiencing war, which has prompted the Chinese government to pay attention to the self -sufficiency of corn, including the genetically modified crops with higher output in the future.
20 counties in the five provinces of Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Sichuan, and Yunnan launched the pilot planting of genetically modified corn soybeans this year.The Ministry of Agriculture of China said that the pilot achieved obvious results, "fully proved the excellent characteristics and development potential of domestic genetically modified crops (China)."
It is unclear when China will allow the comprehensive commercialization of genetically modified corn and soybeans.The Ministry of Agriculture of China issued a notice on December 7 that 37 genetically modified corn varieties and 14 genetic soybean varieties were approved and approved, including the genetically modified corn varieties of Longping Hi -Tech companies, Beijing Dabei Agricultural Technology Company, and Denghai species.
In accordance with the relevant regulations of China, after obtaining a biological safety certificate for genetically modified varieties, seed production and business licenses are required to obtain seed production and business permits before entering commercial production.
As the huge pork and chicken breeding has continued to rise, China has become the largest corn importer in recent years.China's demand and planting dynamics in genetically modified corn are receiving close attention from global suppliers. If China's domestic output increases, it may greatly reduce the demand for imported corn.
