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China Grants GMO Approval to Grain Crops for the First Time in a Decade

On 30 Dec 2019, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs released 192 GM crops to be issued with GMO safety certificate, of which 3 were homegrown grain crops with herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant traits. Since the last time China approved food GM crops was in 2009, this move was interpreted by some analysts as another attempt to promote the commercial plantation of GM grain crops. Seed companies thus became increasingly sought after by investors on the stock market as GM grain crops would be commercially planted as soon as the next 2 or 3 years.

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