China to strengthen oversight of GM crops under development | Reuters

China to strengthen oversight of GM crops under development | Reuters Beijing supports genetically modified organisms (GMO) technology, which it sees as crucial to future food security. But critics have alleged the technology could pose health risks, and while China allows imports of some GMO crops it is yet to permit domestic cultivation of GM food crops. The planned changes to China's safety administration regulation do not alter its GMO policy but will increase the supervision of biotech products under development, said Huang Dafang, professor at the Biotechnology Research Institute under the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/27/us-china-gmo-idUSKBN0NI1B520150427?utm_source=The+Sinocism+China+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c95127a553-Sinocism04_28_154_28_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_171f237867-c95127a553-29615013&mc_cid=c95127a553&mc_eid=5935182a65