Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture: the staple grain of legume products will be considered in the future.

Member of the CPPCC National Committee, former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, permanent Representative of China to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Yesterday morning, after participating in the panel discussion of the CPPCC National Committee, Niu Dun, member of the CPPCC National Committee and former vice minister of agriculture, was interviewed by the Beijing News and other media. when talking about the issue of genetic modification, he told the reporter of the Beijing News: the Ministry of Agriculture hopes to improve the resistance, yield, and quality of crops through transgenic technology, and the safety certificate of genetically modified crops means it is safe and edible.

Niu Dun recently stepped down as vice minister of agriculture and served as China's permanent representative to the Food and Agriculture Agency of the United Nations. When talking about the issue of potato staple grain, he said that the potato staple grain strategy is not to find a substitute because there is not enough food in our country, but to optimize the varieties of staple grain, and the possibility of promoting the staple grain of soybean products in the future will not be ruled out.

Transgenic safety

No crop is risk-free.

Beijing News: what is the attitude of the Ministry of Agriculture towards the issue of genetically modified genes?

Niu Dun: transgenic is a very important opportunity and possibility.

We have three goals for GM technology and agricultural research and development. The first is to solve the food security service, through its research and development and commercial application to increase the number of agricultural products; the second is to improve the resistance of agricultural varieties through the research and development of this technology, for example, wheat and rice are not afraid of low temperature, drought, diseases and insect pests.

Third, we also hope to improve the quality of agricultural products through biotechnology research and development, so that this agricultural product has more nutrients. For example, girls like beautiful very much, but can not stop the traces of time, but what to do when it comes to the face? We can add unsaturated fatty acids to grain and vegetable oil, and people will feel good in appearance and spirit.

What has been made is that we have improved the resistance of crops, and yield and quality are a good ideal, and we are now working towards this goal, and there are no more results and data, and it is estimated that our generation still needs to work hard.

Beijing News: how to understand the safety of genetically modified crops?

Niu Dun: at present, we have not found a food or article with 100% risk, so it is necessary to have sufficient experimental results and data to evaluate the safety of genetically modified genes. It takes the efforts of a generation and the accumulation between generations to make a judgment. We just want to make such an advanced thing, give full play to our advantages and keep our disadvantages as small as possible.

Beijing News: does the safety certificate of genetically modified crops mean that they are safe to eat?

Niu Dun: getting the safety certificate means it is safe and edible, but the enterprise must also carry out GM labeling when the product is on the market. Why should it be marked? According to your knowledge and your consumption preferences, you have the right to know and the right to choose. Although it is safe, I still do not want to eat, no one forces you, you decide.

Transgenic regulation

Some people have crossed the border on the issue of "overbreeding".

Beijing News: the Ministry of Agriculture recently released a document on strengthening the supervision of genetically modified crops, which means that the Ministry of Agriculture should begin to strengthen the supervision of "overplanting"?

Niu Dun: this is to further strengthen supervision. There are laws in front that stipulate what kind of qualified institutions can be developed and what can be tested. In the process, some people may not study hard and cross the border, which requires strict supervision.

Beijing News: some people question that the safety marking system has greatly increased the cost.

Niu Dun: the logo is stipulated by law, and the cost increase is voluntary for those enterprises that produce non-GMO. But now there is a phenomenon in the market called "Bad money drives out good". After non-GM things are produced, the law stipulates that they can not be marked, but these enterprises have to be marked, because he knows that some consumers are very willing to consume non-GM products.