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…
A major event on the annual political calendar, China’s Two Sessions 2023 concluded on 13 March, following ten days of major political announcements, deliberation of laws…
The Central Cyber Commission of China and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs’ Department of Market and Informatization jointly released the China Digital Village…
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council jointly released Document No. 1 on 13 February 2023…
The Central Rural Work Conference was held from Dec. 23 to 24, 2022 in Beijing. This annual event outlines the direction for agricultural policies for the coming new year…
China’s livestock industry has seen remarkable growth over the past decades – with significant impacts on domestic and global food provision, resource use, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A revision…
