Research On The Impact Of Genetically Modified Food On Chinese Food Security

According to the report on the global biological technology/commercialdevelopment trend of genetically modified crops of ISAAA (The International Servicefor the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications) in2011, global GM crops plantationarea has reached160million hectares, which is94times larger than1.7millionhectares in the first year-1996. Clive James and ISAAA commits to spreadingtransgenic technology all over the world, and insists transgenic technology is the mostrapid technology to be used in the history of modern agriculture. Since the secondhalf of2006, food crisis flood in many areas of the world and leads to instability andunrest in many countries, which dues to natural disasters, Europe and America’sbiological energy policy, international hot money hype, multinational food dealer’sglobal strategy of food monopoly operation and other comprehensive factors. China’ssoybean industry chain has been cut off by foreign genetically modified soybean, anddomestic soybean yield is falling, which threats the food security. In2009,Ministry ofagriculture awarded security certificate for genetically modified insect resistance riceand genetically modified photoset corn in Hubei and Shandong province, which is asign of staple food for genetically modified in China. It has a attention of all circlesfrom home and abroad. Need China develop genetically modified food? How doesgenetically modified food affect China’s food security? what is the outcome?This paper examines mechanism by which genetically modified food affectsfood security, and then puts forward the countermeasures. The first chapter talksabout the background and research significance, present situation of research, clue ofthe article and innovation points; the second one outlines relevant contents ofgenetically modified food; the third one and the fourth one are the cores of this paper.The third chapter explores that genetically modified food exert an influence on degreeof self-sufficiency of grain, market power,food pricing,food production cost andagricultural ecological safety from genetically modified food entrance, research anddevelopment, growing to explore in China’s grain, grain self-sufficiency, in chapterfour, by establishing econometric model, we analyze the relationship of soybeanfuture prices between DEC and CBOT. Results show that the soybean price in CBOTdetermine that in DEC. Chapter5proposes countermeasures, including perfecting therelevant transgenic laws and regulations, strengthening competitive of natural food, positively using futures market, developing transgenic technology, against monopolyon genetically modified seed industry and more thinking on GM plantation of staplefood.