CGTN: Why China believes seeds are a matter of national security
This goal has become more relevant amid increasing geopolitical tensions, including the prolonged Ukraine crisis.
- This goal has become more relevant amid increasing geopolitical tensions, including the prolonged Ukraine crisis.
- Germplasm security should be elevated to the strategic height of national security, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in July 2021.
- China needs to feed nearly one-fifth of the global population with some 9 percent of the world's arable land.
- Though China has increased production of high-quality soybeans and imports have declined, the sector remains a weak link in the drive to achieve food security.