Aug 20 2009 prlog report on 2009 2014 outlook for agricultural biotechnology in greater china this econometric study covers the latent demand outlook for agricultural biotechnology across the regions of greater china including provinces autonomous regions guangxi nei mongol ningxia xinjiang xizang tibet municipalities beijing chongqing shanghai and tianjin special . The 2009 2014 outlook for agricultural biotechnology in greater china amazoncouk international icon group books select your cookie preferences we use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience to provide our services understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements and display ads. Agricultures importance to chinas economy has long provided impetus for technology development for thousands of years chinas political stability and prosperity depended on the productivity of its agricultural sector which employed the vast majority of the population today just under half of chinas population earns a living from . Heavily in biotechnology research in september 2014 the government released remarks by president xi jinping affirming official support for biotechnology research but calling for a cautious approach to commercialization he also said that foreign companies should not be allowed to dominate the agricultural biotechnology product market this is the first time remarks by president xi on . China is the largest importer of genetically engineered crops and one of the largest producers of ge cotton in the world yet it has not approved any major ge food or feed crops for cultivation the state council is revising a number of regulations on administrative procedures in an effort to streamline how certain regulatory processes are conducted related to agricultural biotechnology