In 2020, China committed to achieving carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. Against this backdrop, on 1 July 2022, NDRC (National Development and Reform Commission)…
On 10 May 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)—China’s top economic planner—released a 14th five-year plan aimed at developing the country’s bioeconomy…
On 20 April, the 2022 China Agricultural Outlook Conference released its annual outlook report for 2022-31. Issued since 2014 by the Early Warning Committee of China’s Ministry of Agriculture…
On 20 April 2022, the Chinese State Council in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) held a press conference to summarize the agricultural sector of China…
A new policy brief by the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) is taking a closer look at global ag markets…
China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) released its first announcement of biosafety certificates for GMO crops in 2022 as the country is moving closer towards GMO commercialization…
On 11 February 2022, the State Council released the Five-Year Plan on Promotion of Agricultural and Rural Modernization. The 47-page document lists a very extensive and detailed…
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council jointly released the Document No. 1 on 22 February 2022…
On 18 January 2022, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) released the “14th five-year plan for international cooperation in agriculture”…
On 24 December 2021, the National People’s Congress passed the decision to amend the Seed Law. The new seed law will take effect on 1 March 2022…
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing from 16 – 22 October. This once-in-five-years meeting is a key event on the Chinese political calendar…
A new report by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) sheds light on recent food trends in China. Calling for a transformation towards a nutrition-oriented agrifood system, the report…
A new state-owned grain enterprise—China Enterprise United Grain Reserve Company Ltd. (中企联合粮食储备有限公司)—was established on 18 August to manage China’s grain reserves, according to local news reports…
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) has selected close to 300 leading seed companies to form strong breeding clusters and advance the domestic seed industry…
A new “Law on the Protection of Black Soil” will take effect on 1 August 2022 [1]. The law aims to coordinate policies on black soil protection…
