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Efforts aim at reshaping Western-led monopoly in seeds market By Li Xuanmin and Li Sikun Published: Dec 29, 2020 04:54 PM
A view of a lab under seed biotech firm DBN in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: Li Xuanmin/GT
China should beef up research and development of cutting-edge seed breeding biotechnology in the next five years, such as genome editing, breeding by design and genetically modified variants, to protect the nation s agricultural progress and grain security, said leading agricultural specialists on Tuesday.
Grain security was identified as one of the priorities of China s government at a just-concluded tone-setting economic work conference.