{"id":399131,"date":"2022-01-25T20:19:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T17:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-to-allow-gene-edited-crops-in-push-for-food-security\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T20:19:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T17:19:49","slug":"china-to-allow-gene-edited-crops-in-push-for-food-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-to-allow-gene-edited-crops-in-push-for-food-security\/","title":{"rendered":"#China to allow gene-edited crops in push for food security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#China to allow gene-edited crops in push for food security<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>BEIJING, Jan 25 \u2013\u00a0China\u00a0has published trial rules for the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval of\u00a0gene-edited\u00a0plants, paving the way for faster improvements to\u00a0crops\u00a0as it seeks to bolster its\u00a0food\u00a0security.<\/p>\n<p>Gene\u00a0editing \u2013 or altering the\u00a0genes of a plant to change or improve its performance \u2013 is viewed by some scientists as less risky than\u00a0genetically-modifying them, which involves transferring a foreign\u00a0gene.<\/p>\n<p>The new guidelines, published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs late Monday, come amid a raft of measures aimed at overhauling\u00a0China\u2019s seed industry, seen as a weak link in efforts to ensure it can feed the world\u2019s biggest population.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing has also recently <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/china-gmo-regulations-idINKBN2HZ0D3\">passed new regulations<\/a> that set out a clear path for approval for\u00a0genetically modified (GM)crops.<\/p>\n<p>But while it has deliberated for years whether to\u00a0allow\u00a0planting of GM\u00a0crops\u00a0to feed its people and livestock, it is ahead of some nations in outlining clear and relatively fast procedures for\u00a0gene-edited\u00a0crops.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Crops-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Yu Wuyang, an ethnic Dai farmer, picks corn in his cornfield at Nuodong village of Menghai county in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 13, 2019. \" class=\"wp-image-20958226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Crops-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Crops-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Crops-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Yu Wuyang, an ethnic Dai farmer, picks corn in his cornfield at Nuodong village of Menghai county in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, July 13, 2019. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGiven the strong investment of the Chinese government in genome editing, we expect the release of a relatively open policy in the coming years,\u201d Rabobank wrote in a December report.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s research institutes have already published more research on market-oriented\u00a0gene-edited\u00a0crops\u00a0than any other country, it added.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>\u2019s precision makes it faster than conventional breeding or\u00a0genetic modification, and also lowers the cost.<\/p>\n<p>Regulation is also less cumbersome in some countries, such as the United States, although the European Union is still reviewing how to regulate the technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis really opens the door for plant breeding. It\u2019s an infinite opportunity to improve\u00a0crops\u00a0more precisely and much more efficiently,\u201d said Han Gengchen, chairman of seed company Origin Agritech.<\/p>\n<p>The draft rules stipulate that once\u00a0gene-edited\u00a0plants have completed pilot trials, a production certificate can be applied for, skipping the lengthy field trials required for the approval of a GM plant.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Crops-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A farmer tends to his rice field in the village of Yangchao in Liping County, Guizhou province, China, June 11, 2021. \" class=\"wp-image-20958220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Crops-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Crops-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Crops-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A farmer tends to his rice field in the village of Yangchao in Liping County, Guizhou province, China, June 11, 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That means it could take only a year or two to get approval for a\u00a0gene-edited\u00a0plant, said Han, compared with around six years for GM ones.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear how many companies or institutes are ready to apply for approval of\u00a0edited\u00a0products.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese researchers have used\u00a0gene-editing to create lettuce seeds rich in vitamin C and herbicide-resistant rice, according to a Global Times report.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s leadership said in late 2020 the country needed to use <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> and technology for an urgent \u201cturnaround\u201d of its seed industry, which has long struggled with overcapacity and little innovation.<\/p>\n<p>China\u00a0imports a significant share of its vegetable seeds and wants to reduce its reliance on overseas breeding.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Gene\u00a0editing \u2013 or altering the\u00a0genes of a plant to change or improve its performance \u2013 is viewed by some scientists as less&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":399132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Crops-3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[124795,4973,70509,70510,77026],"class_list":["post-399131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-1-25-22","tag-china","tag-food","tag-genetics","tag-hunger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}