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The Survey of Gene Modified (GM) Crops in China
CCM International Limited, Oct 2008, Pages: 26
Genetically modified (GM) crops are one of the major fields of glyphosate use in the world. In 2008, Chinese government approved the commercial production of four kinds of GM crops, which shows that Chinese government will open its door wider to GM crops from now on.
These years, China 's GM industry has made great progress, and the total planting area of GM crops in China ranks the 6th largest in the world in 2007 with total planting area of 3.8 million hectares. Only USA , Argentina , Brazil , Canada and India have larger GM crops planting area.
So far only GM cotton (BT cotton) has been commercially available in China . In 2008, Chinese government approved the commercial production of four kinds of GM crops: cotton, tomato, tobacco and morning glory. GM of rice is still in research and it can not be commercially produced now. In some way, it shows that Chinese government pays more attention to GM. But China has researched on some herbicide-resistant crops, such as rice, soybean, rapeseed and sweet potatoes. But all of these crops have not been commercially produced.
With the application of Bt cotton which has strong resistance against cotton bollworm, Chinese growers gained bumper harvest of cotton for several years since 2004. Bt cotton has reduced the pesticide used in cotton planting area by 80.0% and has increased the growers' income by USD220 per hectare last year. The promotion of the self-developed Bt cotton in China has increased from 7.00% in 1997 to 87.00% in 2007, due to the great support from the government on the research of Bt cotton. But owing to the adjustment on industrial policies, the development of textile industry in China may slow down, so the demand for cotton may decrease in the future. In a word, the planting of cotton will maintain a low increase in the near future.
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