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Low Level Presence and Asynchronous Authorizations of Genetically Modified Products in China

In: The Coexistence of Genetically Modified, Organic and Conventional Foods

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  • Jikun Huang

    (Peking University)

  • Jun Yang

    (Peking University)

Abstract

China developed a public sector dominated biotechnology program and commercialized several genetically modified (GM) plants beginning in the late 1990s. Plants that have been approved for commercialization prior to 2006 include biotech-derived varieties of cotton, petunia, tomato, sweet pepper, poplar trees, and papaya. Bt cotton is the most successful story of China’s biotech program as it currently accounts for nearly 70 % of total cotton area. Huang et al. (Science 295:674–677, 2002) show that, when compared with conventional cotton, Bt cotton increases yield by 15 % and reduces pesticide use by 35.4 kg/ha (or nearly 60 % of pesticide use). In 2009 China issued production safety certificates to Bt rice and phytase maize, although to date they have not been approved for commercial production. Biotech soybean, wheat, and several other crops have also reached different stages of the biosafety regulation process.

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  • Jikun Huang & Jun Yang, 2016. "Low Level Presence and Asynchronous Authorizations of Genetically Modified Products in China," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes & Peter W.B. Phillips & Justus Wesseler & Stuart J. Smyth (ed.), The Coexistence of Genetically Modified, Organic and Conventional Foods, pages 283-290, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nrmchp:978-1-4939-3727-1_22
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3727-1_22
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