Biotech Updates

USDA FAS Releases China GAIN Report on Agribiotech

January 6, 2016

The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service release the Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report on the agricultural biotechnology updates in China in 2015.

According to the report, China is one of the largest producers and importers of biotech crops globally. It produces biotech cotton, but has not yet approved any major biotech crop recently. The Chinese government is currently revising its biotechnology regulatory system. In May 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) released a draft revision to its biotech regulations that would remove timelines for approvals and add economic and social factors to the approval process for the first time. It was also reported that the government is preparing to commercialize biotech corn.

Get a copy of the report from USDA FAS.