China's soybean industry is still looking for the answer of transgene

Introduction: 1 The weekend meeting didn't provide much clues for China's genetically modified policy 2 There is still a great chance for China to implement qualitative and quantitative identification of genetically modified products 3 The focus will be Bush's visit to China next month Foreign news on January 21: at a seminar held on Sunday, the intention was to let a government official explain and clarify the policies and regulations on China's genetically modified products However, according to the industry insiders who attended the conference, osterdowjones said that the conference made the problem of gene transfer more complicated The bottom line is that China will classify genetically modified products on the basis of qualitative and quantitative principles, because the GM safety regulations stipulate that the regulations apply to any product containing genetically modified substances Chen Jingen, director of the agricultural genetically modified Safety Office under the Ministry of agriculture of China, read out the above text from the Chinese version of the genetically modified regulations Other key points Chen told the China soybean branch include the safety certificate applied for by traders and importers for the first time, and the copy of the original certificate can be used when applying for the safety certificate for the same genetically modified product the next time The purpose of the safety certificate is to prove that these products are safe, so if a genetically modified soybean is approved, the next application will be simplified Chen said several times that the security assessment committee will have a final say in answering questions about security certificates He stressed that when applying for China's safety certificate, it will be up to Chinese experts to decide whether the safety certificate provided overseas can replace the applied feed Nearly 300 representatives from China's soybean industry attended the conference Journalists and non Soybean Association members were excluded from the conference, and participants were asked to keep their secrets, because the organizers were worried that this would further complicate the issue before next month's China US summit The new regulation was drafted by the science and technology management center of the Ministry of agriculture of China, not by the GM office itself This is not surprising for those who are trying to explain the GM regulation, because it means that the drafters of the new regulations are not familiar with the operation of the soybean industry and that the implementation of these new regulations may have a potential adverse impact on normal soybean trade In fact, as the seminar continues, more and more people are not hopeful about getting more details about GM regulations Indeed, some participants tried to ask the question, "as far as I know, this regulation should be so understood Do you think my understanding is correct?" Chen's answer is, "I think I have answered similar questions, and I think you should understand." The focus turned to Bush's YEx seminar in February, which lasted for two hours Finally, Chen said that he hoped the soybean trade could go on smoothly But some Chinese traders speculate that the issue of genetically modified organisms may be the subject of a summit between China and the United States as President Bush is due to visit China in February At the APEC meeting in October 2001, Bush reportedly referred the matter to Chinese leaders A source close to the International Trade Bank predicted that the Bush administration would probably mention it in February China's soybean trade continues to face many uncertainties The two main sources are the detailed rules for the implementation of the genetically modified regulations released in January, followed by the potential impact of the devaluation of the Argentine Peso The rules for the implementation of the genetically modified regulations were unexpectedly released at the beginning of this month and will be implemented on March 20 Many hope that the regulation will address some of the uncertainties surrounding the original one On June 6, 2001, China promulgated regulations on genetically modified organisms However, the implementation rules are still as vague as the original regulations Such as "appropriate security measures" are widely used, but lack of definition The new rules also do not provide any terms that will allow GM products to continue when they apply for a Chinese safety certificate YEx (author:) to feed Weibo to: