date:Apr 03, 2014
e safety of GM food has grown since the ministry issued bio-safety certificates to two strains of pest-resistant GM rice and corn in 2009.
The strains approved in 2009 still require production trials, which will take three to five years, before commercial planting can begin, according to the ministry. China planted almost 4 million hectares of GM pest-resistant cotton in 2013, according to a report in February from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.