Guangzhou, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/03/2011 -- Organized by CCM International Ltd., China Crop Protection Summit (CCPS) 2011 will be held on March 18th to 19th in 2011 in Shanghai, China. As an ideal platform for obtaining the latest market information and networking for key industrial leaders, CCPS covers most of the current hot topics related to crop protection industry, and one of the major topics is about genetically modified crops.

GM crops are a cost efficient means of producing higher crop yield. In most cases, increased seed costs are offset by reductions in costs for pesticides. Analyses show that GM rice increased yield by 2 to 6% on the average, and reduced insecticide application by nearly 80%. In 2008, global harvested area of GM crops reached 125 million hectares, with CAGR of 43.1% during 1996~2008. In addition, it is estimated that application of such genetically modified rice could deliver benefits about US$4 billion annually, including environmental benefits and enormous economic benefits to farmers in China.

China is one of the developing countries that commercially produced GM crops. In 2009, China’s Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) approved the commercial cultivation of two varieties of insect-resistant rice and one variety of phytase corn. China has become the sixth biggest GM crops planter with continued growth momentum. Commercial production of six kinds of GM crops has been realized in China, including varieties of cotton, tomato, poplar, morning glory, antivirus pawpaw and pimiento. On one hand, Chinese policymakers take mass commercial production of GM crops as an effective way to increase agricultural productivity to feed the growing population. On the other hand, it is helpful to ensure competitiveness in the international market. However, the safety issues have always been concerned. Therefore, the whole process currently lag behind requires speed-up.

Speeding up the commercial production of GM crops in China will be presented in CCPS 2011 by Dafang Huang, Researcher of Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Dr. Huang has been working on biology of plant diseases and insect pests, agricultural biotechnologies, genetically modified crops, such as Bt cotton, Bt paddy and Bt maize. He is also active in the drafting and implement of regulations on bio-safety of genetically modified organisms.

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