Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 11/1/18


China’s central government set a goal two years ago for commercializing genetically modified corn by the end of 2020, but it still has a major hurdle before companies are allowed to cultivate modified seeds: skeptical consumers. The country has spent billions developing genetically modified crops during the past decade, including the $43 billion purchase of Syngenta AG in 2017 by state-owned China National Chemical Corporation, known as ChemChina, and those agritech companies are increasingly ready to get the approval needed to legally plant seeds in the ground.

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