Genetic Modification in Agriculture: The Impact of China's Regulations on Foreign Trade and Investment

October 31, 2001 | BY

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China has encouraged research in genetic modification of agricultural crops, and by some accounts its regulatory structure is more progressive than other large developing countries. But the country's legal developments in the agricultural sector to date still carry a predisposition to unnecessary trade restrictions.

By Lester Ross and Walter Hutchens, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Beijing

Genetic modification or genetic engineering1 is the modification of the genetic structure of living organisms through

"the application of a. In vitro nucleic acid techniques, including recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and direct injection of nucleic acid into cells or organelles, or b. Fusion of cells beyond the taxonomic family; that overcome natural physiological reproductive or recombination barriers and that are not techniques used in traditional breeding and selection".2

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