BEIJING (Reuters) -- China issued guidelines on Friday to promote biotech cultivation, focusing on gene-editing tools and developing new wheat, corn and soybean varieties, as part of efforts to ensure food security and boost agriculture technology.
The 2024-2028 plan aims to achieve "independent and controllable" seed sources for key crops, with a focus to cultivate high-yield, multi-resistant wheat, corn and high-oil, high-yield soybean and rapeseed varieties.
