The development of genetically modified soybean in the world is very rapid

Introduction: with the rapid development of agricultural genetically modified technology in the world, the planting area of global genetically modified soybeans has increased rapidly According to preliminary statistics, 33.3 million hectares of GM herbicide resistant soybeans were planted in the world last year, accounting for 46% of the total soybean planting area and 63% of the total global GM crop planting area In 1996, the global planting area of genetically modified crops was only 1.7 million hectares, but last year it grew to 52.6 million hectares, a 30 fold increase in six years Even in the years before and last year, when there was a heated debate on GM, the growth rate exceeded 10% After years of efforts, China's agricultural transgenic technology research has been in the forefront of developing countries, and in some areas, it has reached the international advanced level But up to now, the soybean produced in China is basically non transgenic crop Duan Wude, deputy director of the Department of science and education of the Ministry of agriculture, said recently that transgenic technology has brought huge benefits to agricultural production, human life and social progress, and may also pose potential risks to the ecological environment and human health In recent years, the security problems caused by this have become the focus of the world Duan Wude said that at present, there are different opinions on the impact of genetically modified organisms on human health, ecological environment, animal, plant and microbial safety, and there is no final conclusion Most countries, such as the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and so on, have implemented safety assessment on agricultural genetically modified organisms, and have clear regulations on the production, circulation and sale of their products China is a large agricultural country and the origin of important crop species such as soybean and rice It is imperative to strengthen the safety management of agricultural genetically modified organisms In May last year, the State Council promulgated the regulations on the safety management of agricultural genetically modified organisms At the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Agriculture issued three supporting regulations on safety evaluation, import and labeling This marked the beginning of comprehensive management of research, experiment, production, processing, operation and import and export activities of agricultural genetically modified organisms in China.