BEIJING -- China's State Council, or cabinet, on Wednesday approved a program for the development of transgenic species to shore up the country's sustainable agricultural development.
The State Council agreed at an executive meeting that the program is of strategic importance in strengthening the country's capacity for agricultural technological innovation, increasing farmers' income and enhance the agriculture sector's global competitiveness.
The program aims to gain genes of great commercial value whose intellectual property rights belong to China, and develop high-quality, high-yield and pest-resistant genetically-modified new species, according to the meeting presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao.
The meeting urged relevant authorities to fully understand the importance and urgency of the program and waste no time implementing it.
The meeting also reviewed and approved a guideline on the deepening of economic system reforms in 2008.
The State Council agreed at an executive meeting that the program is of strategic importance in strengthening the country's capacity for agricultural technological innovation, increasing farmers' income and enhance the agriculture sector's global competitiveness.
The program aims to gain genes of great commercial value whose intellectual property rights belong to China, and develop high-quality, high-yield and pest-resistant genetically-modified new species, according to the meeting presided over by Premier Wen Jiabao.
The meeting urged relevant authorities to fully understand the importance and urgency of the program and waste no time implementing it.
The meeting also reviewed and approved a guideline on the deepening of economic system reforms in 2008.
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