The Ministry of Agriculture issued a statement stressing that there are no GMO crops grown in China

The News Office of the Ministry of Agriculture issued a statement yesterday on the official website that the approval by the Ministry of Agriculture of granting the safety certificates for "Huahui 1" and "Bt Shanyou 63" for transgenic insect-resistant rice does not mean that commercial production is allowed. The Ministry of Agriculture has never approved the importation of seeds of any kind of genetically modified food crops into commercial cultivation in China, and there are no genetically modified food crops grown in China.

The article said that the No. 1 Document of the Central Committee in 2010 proposed that “the development of functional genes and new biological varieties with important application value and independent intellectual property rights should be swiftly promoted, and on the basis of scientific assessment and legal management, the industrialization of new transgenic varieties should be promoted”. At present, the Ministry of Agriculture is working with the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, and other 10 new genetically modified organisms to cultivate major special leading group members. In accordance with the overall arrangements of the Central Government and the State Council, the Ministry of Agriculture is accelerating the implementation of major new species breeding of genetically modified organisms, and strive to obtain a batch of Genes with important application value and independent intellectual property rights, nurture a batch of new varieties of genetically modified organisms that are resistant to pests, pests, disease, high-quality, high-yield, and high-efficiency.

The article also stated that in order to protect consumers’ right to know and choose, China adopts the catalog mark system for genetically modified products, and the genetically modified products included in the mark list need signs. The genetically modified foods currently on the market such as soybean oil, rapeseed oil and blended oils containing genetically modified ingredients have all been marked. In the future, the Ministry of Agriculture will learn from foreign flag management experience and further improve the management system of genetically modified products.