The Chinese government has approved its first gene-edited wheat variety. This is a disease-resistant variety that is being grown for the food market. The agriculture ministry also approved a new biotech corn with herbicide and insect-resistant traits and a high-yielding gene-edited corn hybrid. China has been slow to adopt biotechnology, but has ramped up its approvals in the past year.
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