Kingfa signs framework agreement about promoting its biodegradable agricultural film

On Dec. 5, 2013, Kingfa Sci & Tech Co., Ltd. (Kingfa) announced that it signed a framework agreement with the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), to promote over 467,000 ha. of its biodegradable agricultural film (using PBSA as biomaterial) in XPCC's crop ecological region within the next three years. Generally, 467,000 ha. of biodegradable agricultural film will consume approximately 20,000 tonnes of biodegradable plastic every year, according to CCM’s Biomaterials China News issued in January.

The framework agreement is reached based on the developmental direction of both organisations. In short, as the spring ploughing   period   approaches, biodegradable agricultural film with good performance has become the first choice for cotton farmers of XPCC, since they have witnessed the good degradation of biodegradable agricultural film in their cotton fields and obtained a cost-recovering reduction last year. Specifically, approximately 3,300 ha. of biodegradable agricultural film was promoted by XPCC in 2012. Kingfa, a leading biodegradable plastic producer in China, is actively preparing for the domestic market for biodegradable agricultural film after the No.1 Proposal was released in March 2013 (the No. 1 Proposal for strengthening the development of green agriculture will set the direction of the Chinese government's major tasks this year).

Kingfa possesses a leading position in the development of China's biodegradable agricultural film industry. Firstly, the company's biodegradable agricultural film has a performance that is comparative with PE material. Moreover, its biodegradable agricultural film has proved to be completely biodegradable and has passed the EU-based EN13432 certification and the US-based BPI certification (ASTM D6400).

Kingfa has even drafted a national standard of the new material industry—the "biodegradable plastic used for blown film" (standard label: GB/T 29646-2013) has got the approval by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China in Sept. 2013. The national standard is scheduled to be implemented from Jan. 31, 2014.

According to an insider of Kingfa, the amount of biodegradable agricultural film will not compress the orders of existing packaging film. It may, however, increase the sales of its biodegradable plastic.

At present, the development of China's biodegradable agricultural film industry is mostly limited by the high price and disordered industrial standards.

On one hand, the price of biodegradable agricultural film is much higher than that of PE film, making it unaffordable for the majority of farmers.  According to related statistics, the price of traditional agricultural film is about USD2,445.8/t, while the price of biodegradable agricultural film will be over USD3,261.1/t (verified by Zhong Luhua, the chairman of Shenzhen Ecomann Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Ecomann)).

On the other hand, China has no strict industrial standards for the degradable agricultural film industry, which can cause disorder in the industry. For example, many enterprises including Guangdong Shangjiu Biodegradable Plastic Co., Ltd. (Guangdong Shangjiu) produce their biodegradable film just by mixing PE with starch. Once the starch is decomposed, the PE residue can hide in the soil and still do harm to the environment.

Related preferential policies need to be published to encourage more enterprises to enter the biodegradable agricultural film industry and help ease the problem of white pollution in China.

Table of Contents of Biomaterials China News 1401:

China's PHA industry shows good momentum of development

Biological PE industry achieves progress in 2013

WPC brings business opportunities to domestic enterprises

Glory Biomaterial's biological PDO program put into operation

Kingfa signs framework agreement about promoting its biodegradable agricultural film

Shenzhen Union Red Kite Holding launches new bio-based NPG 100% degradable plastic

Hexing Chemical's PBS project receives governmental support

China's corn price decreases in Oct. but increases in Nov. 2013

New production capacity of 20,000 tonnes is put into SA industry

China's PLA import volume up while export volume down in Nov. 2013

China's import volume of fresh cassava increases sharply in Nov. 2013

China's import volume of castor oil and its derivatives decreases in Nov. 2013

BPFRG warns about biodegradable bags tax exemption

BASF produces its first commercial quantities of bio-based BDO

Futaste's polyol pilot service center project passes inspections

QIBEBT, CAS joins US-based BTB2C

Avantium produces 100% bio-based PEF T-shirts from recycled PEF bottles

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Cooperation between seed enterprises and research institutes: undesirable

Tong Pingya, researcher from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has engaged in the scientific study on corn and agricultural development strategies for decades. With rich experience, Mr. Tong acts as a senior consultant for both government departments and non-government organizations, according to CCM’s latest issue, Seed China News 1312.

In 2011 the State Council of the People's Republic of China issued the Suggestions for Accelerating Development of Modern Crop Seed Industry (the Suggestions), which clearly laid emphasis on "leading and actively mobilizing research institutes and colleges to gradually withdraw from commercialized breeding, and to establish the dominant status of technological innovation in seed enterprises". However, the results have been unsatisfactory.

Since the birth of China's seed industry, the breeding, production and promotion of seeds have been totally out of joint in China. In order to establish the dominant status of technological innovation in seed enterprises, commercialized breeding should be gradually removed from research institutes. Since the issuance of the Suggestions two years ago, there have been huge difficulties in the reform of agricultural research systems, along with strong resistance and few contributions.

On the one hand, relevant departments have not attempted to promote reform and to rationally allocate resources to remove commercialized breeding from research institutes from the macro policy perspective; instead they advocate the collaboration between seed enterprises and institutes, or the R&D alliance between the two sides. On the other hand, officials and scholars conduct investigations on the collaboration between seed enterprises and institutes, and the cooperation is also a hot topic on magazines. Authoritative experts observe that "the reform goes from bad to worse under the guidance of misconception".

It is feasible for those seed enterprises that are qualified for the research system "breeding, production and promotion" to voluntarily cooperate with institutes on seed researches, to buy varieties from the latter, or to temporarily transfer researchers from the latter.

However, the cooperation is not what the development of a seed enterprise relies on. To place the cooperation in a dual-track system with double benefits means that research institutes sell their varieties to enterprises, and that seed enterprises buy varieties from institutes. But the contrasting rules and intentions of the two sides cause seed enterprises to give up technological innovation, and to become a permanent "seed supermarket" instead.

Disagreement on time for cooperation

Scientific research is an incremental process, and the breeding of a variety takes 7-8 years, along with unpredictability, while seed enterprises hope to get the results as soon as possible, usually without a clear understanding of the time required for breeding. As a result, they may quit the cooperation at any time when getting no positive short-term outcome.

Conflicting cooperation purposes

For research institutes, the breeding of varieties is aimed at publications and academic titles, while product conversion is often considered secondary. Scientific evaluation of a newly developed variety usually takes five years, but seed enterprises buy existing varieties for the purpose of instant profits. Thus, both sides have conflicting aims and conflicting purposes for entering into a cooperation.

Enterprises signs contracts with varying ranks of research units, such as institutes, chambers, research groups, and even individuals, which hints at the inefficiency of legally binding agreements. Therefore, the alteration or the adjustment of leaders and research of the institute also influences the cooperation. Furthermore, cooperation between seed enterprises and research institutes is all about unconstrained contracts and purchases. Because of that, a long-term stable partnership cannot get established between both sides. Seed enterprises expect instant success, and they may break up the partnership if they cannot obtain expected profits.

Disagreement on variety rights

Seed enterprises pay institutes for R&D on seeds in the hope of obtaining exclusive rights on a seed variety and to obtain exclusive rights to explore the market, which help the company elevate its reputation. However, institutes are not willing to make their resources and breeding information open to society. Institutes are willing to transfer variety distribution rights to multiple enterprises in order to expand the promotion of the seed variety, and to possibly increase their eligibility for State Science and Technology Prizes and other awards. Thus, cooperations between seed enterprises and research institutes prioritise the institute's interests over the seed enterprises' interests, which creates conflict.

Divergence in economic foundations

Nowadays agricultural research institutes still follow the planned economic system, while seed enterprises have just entered the market economy. Cooperation between the two parties belonging to totally contrasting economic systems makes it difficult to maintain a balance between competition and profit distribution. Thus, the so-called "industry-university-research cooperation" between the industry and researchers based upon a market orientation and sharing interests and risks are unattainable.

The market economy has so far been the most efficient economic system, and enterprises boost its development by way of science and technology. The developmental experience of the world's developed countries proves that enterprises are the mainstay of the development of the market economy, of technology innovation, and of the formation of independent intellectual property rights. Also, the establishment of an innovation-oriented country and the improvement of independent innovation rely on the support from thousands of innovation-oriented enterprises. For every country, under the current situation of rapid global economic development, the decline of enterprises will inevitably lead to the downfall of the national economy; similarly, the rise of enterprises will certainly boost the national economy.

Table of Contents of Seed China News 1312:

Policy on grain purchasing and subsidy implemented again

Cooperation between seed enterprises and research institutes: undesirable

GM foods rejected by most Chinese

Beidahuang Kenfeng terminates cooperation with SOPO on backdoor listing

Winall Hi-tech to establish three subsidiaries

Oversupply in China's corn seed market and revelations from it

Brief introduction of Guangdong corn seed market

Analysis on corn variety Demeiya

Analysis on China's cotton seed market from industrial chain perspective

Inner Mongolia's grass industry confronted with challenges

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18 self-developed pesticides without renewal of technical registrations

As mentioned above, there have been 18 self-developed pesticides by China with expired registrations of technical as of Nov. 2013, according to CCM's collected statistics. Among these, there were 5 fungicides, 5 insecticides, 5 herbicides and 3 growth regulators, according to CCM’s December issue of Crop Protection China News.

ZJ0712 (Chinese name: Benmijunzhi)

 

ZJ0712, namely E-2[2-(2,5-dimethyl-phenoxy)-phenylmethyl]-3-methoxy-acrylic acid methyl ester, was jointly developed by Zhejiang Chem-Tech Group Co., Ltd. (Former name: Zhejiang Chemical Industry Research Institute, ZCIRI for short) and Zhejiang Hetian Chemical Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Hetian) during the 9th Five-year plan period (1995-2000). ZJ0712 is a methoxyacrylate fungicide with excellent control effect on powdery mildew of wheat and apple, downy mildew of cucumber, grape and litchi, anthracnose of watermelon and mango, etc. It stimulates crop growth as well.

 

According to Mr. Lu, a sales manager from Zhejiang Hetian, the company had achieved Chinese invention patent (patent number: ZL 03120882.7) and World intention patent (WO2004084632) for ZJ0712. According to the ICAMA, Zhejiang Hetian had obtained temporary registration certificates for ZJ0712 technical (98%) and its 10% SC in 2008, but these two registrations both expired in Aug. 2011 without renewal.

 

Propamidine

 

Propamidine, an amidine fungicide with high control effects on downy mildew, phytophthora, anthracnose, etc. especially gray mold, was innovated and developed in 2004 by Zhang Xing, professor from Northwest A&F University.

 

Professor Zhang cooperated with Shaanxi Yangling Pesticide Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Yangling Pesticide) to realize propamidine commercialization in 2004. Two temporary registrations have been obtained, for propamidine technical (No: LS20040092) and 2% AS (No. LS20040130) respectively. However, the temporary registrations were not extended due to the limited promotion of the product in the market, as Yangling Pesticide doesn't have wide sales channels and sufficient capital for its promotion. Now Professor Zhang is seeking for other cooperators. Except for propamidine, Professor Zhang also developed a series of propamidine derivatives which were claimed to be great market potential as fungicides.

 

Ascomycin (SPRI-2098)

 

Ascomycin, a novel low residue bio-fungicide developed by Shanghai Pesticide Research Institute (SPRI), is highly effective for the control of botrytis cinerea on various crops, such as tomato, cucumber, strawberry, eggplant and summer squash.

 

In Aug. 2004, a company named Shanghai Nanshen Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd. registered ascomycin technical (94%) and its 1% EC, according to the ICAMA. In 2007, the company didn't get the renewal for these registrations any more.

 

Subsequently, SPRI transferred the property right of ascomycin to Zhejiang Hisun Chemical Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Hisun). Then, Zhejiang Hisun obtained two registration certificates of ascomycin (also 94% technical and 1% EC) in Dec. 2007 and Mar. 2009 respectively. Whereas, it was frustrated that Zhejiang Hisun gave up the registration renewal in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

ZJ0712 (Chinese name: Benmijunzhi)

 

ZJ0712, namely E-2[2-(2,5-dimethyl-phenoxy)-phenylmethyl]-3-methoxy-acrylic acid methyl ester, was jointly developed by Zhejiang Chem-Tech Group Co., Ltd. (Former name: Zhejiang Chemical Industry Research Institute, ZCIRI for short) and Zhejiang Hetian Chemical Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Hetian) during the 9th Five-year plan period (1995-2000). ZJ0712 is a methoxyacrylate fungicide with excellent control effect on powdery mildew of wheat and apple, downy mildew of cucumber, grape and litchi, anthracnose of watermelon and mango, etc. It stimulates crop growth as well.

 

According to Mr. Lu, a sales manager from Zhejiang Hetian, the company had achieved Chinese invention patent (patent number: ZL 03120882.7) and World intention patent (WO2004084632) for ZJ0712. According to the ICAMA, Zhejiang Hetian had obtained temporary registration certificates for ZJ0712 technical (98%) and its 10% SC in 2008, but these two registrations both expired in Aug. 2011 without renewal.

 

Propamidine

 

Propamidine, an amidine fungicide with high control effects on downy mildew, phytophthora, anthracnose, etc. especially gray mold, was innovated and developed in 2004 by Zhang Xing, professor from Northwest A&F University.

 

Professor Zhang cooperated with Shaanxi Yangling Pesticide Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Yangling Pesticide) to realize propamidine commercialization in 2004. Two temporary registrations have been obtained, for propamidine technical (No: LS20040092) and 2% AS (No. LS20040130) respectively. However, the temporary registrations were not extended due to the limited promotion of the product in the market, as Yangling Pesticide doesn't have wide sales channels and sufficient capital for its promotion. Now Professor Zhang is seeking for other cooperators. Except for propamidine, Professor Zhang also developed a series of propamidine derivatives which were claimed to be great market potential as fungicides.

 

Ascomycin (SPRI-2098)

 

Ascomycin, a novel low residue bio-fungicide developed by Shanghai Pesticide Research Institute (SPRI), is highly effective for the control of botrytis cinerea on various crops, such as tomato, cucumber, strawberry, eggplant and summer squash.

 

In Aug. 2004, a company named Shanghai Nanshen Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd. registered ascomycin technical (94%) and its 1% EC, according to the ICAMA. In 2007, the company didn't get the renewal for these registrations any more.

 

Subsequently, SPRI transferred the property right of ascomycin to Zhejiang Hisun Chemical Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Hisun). Then, Zhejiang Hisun obtained two registration certificates of ascomycin (also 94% technical and 1% EC) in Dec. 2007 and Mar. 2009 respectively. Whereas, it was frustrated that Zhejiang Hisun gave up the registration renewal in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

ZJ0712 (Chinese name: Benmijunzhi)

 

ZJ0712, namely E-2[2-(2,5-dimethyl-phenoxy)-phenylmethyl]-3-methoxy-acrylic acid methyl ester, was jointly developed by Zhejiang Chem-Tech Group Co., Ltd. (Former name: Zhejiang Chemical Industry Research Institute, ZCIRI for short) and Zhejiang Hetian Chemical Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Hetian) during the 9th Five-year plan period (1995-2000). ZJ0712 is a methoxyacrylate fungicide with excellent control effect on powdery mildew of wheat and apple, downy mildew of cucumber, grape and litchi, anthracnose of watermelon and mango, etc. It stimulates crop growth as well.

 

According to Mr. Lu, a sales manager from Zhejiang Hetian, the company had achieved Chinese invention patent (patent number: ZL 03120882.7) and World intention patent (WO2004084632) for ZJ0712. According to the ICAMA, Zhejiang Hetian had obtained temporary registration certificates for ZJ0712 technical (98%) and its 10% SC in 2008, but these two registrations both expired in Aug. 2011 without renewal.

 

Propamidine

 

Propamidine, an amidine fungicide with high control effects on downy mildew, phytophthora, anthracnose, etc. especially gray mold, was innovated and developed in 2004 by Zhang Xing, professor from Northwest A&F University.

 

Professor Zhang cooperated with Shaanxi Yangling Pesticide Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Yangling Pesticide) to realize propamidine commercialization in 2004. Two temporary registrations have been obtained, for propamidine technical (No: LS20040092) and 2% AS (No. LS20040130) respectively. However, the temporary registrations were not extended due to the limited promotion of the product in the market, as Yangling Pesticide doesn't have wide sales channels and sufficient capital for its promotion. Now Professor Zhang is seeking for other cooperators. Except for propamidine, Professor Zhang also developed a series of propamidine derivatives which were claimed to be great market potential as fungicides.

 

Ascomycin (SPRI-2098)

 

Ascomycin, a novel low residue bio-fungicide developed by Shanghai Pesticide Research Institute (SPRI), is highly effective for the control of botrytis cinerea on various crops, such as tomato, cucumber, strawberry, eggplant and summer squash.

 

In Aug. 2004, a company named Shanghai Nanshen Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd. registered ascomycin technical (94%) and its 1% EC, according to the ICAMA. In 2007, the company didn't get the renewal for these registrations any more.

 

Subsequently, SPRI transferred the property right of ascomycin to Zhejiang Hisun Chemical Co., Ltd. (Zhejiang Hisun). Then, Zhejiang Hisun obtained two registration certificates of ascomycin (also 94% technical and 1% EC) in Dec. 2007 and Mar. 2009 respectively. Whereas, it was frustrated that Zhejiang Hisun gave up the registration renewal in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

Pyribambenz-propyl (ZJ0273) and pyribambenz-isopropyl (ZJ0702)

 

Both belonging to miazines herbicides, pyribambenz-propyl and pyribambenz-isopropyl which could control annual grassy weeds and some broadleaf weeds in rape field were jointly developed by ZCIRI and Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Although Shandong Qiaochang acquired temporary registrations of both two herbicides in 2003, both have already expired.

 

Methiopyrsulfuron (HNPC-C9908)

 

Methiopyrsulfuron is a sulfonylurea herbicide developed by HRICI. HRICI was cooperating with a company in methiopyrsulfuron commercialization. Hunan Haili registered 95% methiopyrsulfuron technical (Reg.  No.:LS20060244) and methiopyrsulfuron 10% WP (Reg. No.:LS20060229) in 2006, which both expired. The latter was registered for post-emergence control of broad-leaf weeds and some grassy weeds in wheat fields. Methiopyrsulfuron got patent in China in 2003 (Patent Number: ZL00113423.X).

 

Clacyfos (HW02)

 

Clacyfos, developed by the Central China Normal University in 2009 under the code name of HW02, is a phosphonate ester of the phenoxyacetic herbicide. As a herbicide with independent intellectual property rights, clacyfos owns a very good capacity in managing annual broadleaf weeds and some monocotyledonous weeds in the field of corn, wheat and lawn, orchard and tea garden, such as amaranthus retroflexus, acalypha and abutilon. The mechanism of action of clacyfos is the inhibitor of pyruvate dehydrogenase. Shandong Qiaochang secured the temporary registrations of clacyfos (93% technical and 30% EC) in 2007.

Table of Contents of China Crop Protection Monthly Report 1312

Registered Chinese herbs used as pesticides

Potential pesticide ingredients developed by China are to enter market in the future

Introduction to self-developed herbicides by China with valid registrations

18 self-developed pesticides without renewal of technical registrations

Introduction to self-developed insecticides by China with valid registrations

Introduction to self-developed fungicides by China with valid registrations

Pesticide innovation in China

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Top 100 pesticide companies' revenue rising fast

According to CCM’s monthly issue, China Crop Protection Monthly Report 1311, The CCPIA annual list of top 100 pesticide companies was first published in 2011, making this the third year the ranking has been in place. The three Top 100 Lists from 2011 to 2013 show the significant improvement in the performance of the ranked companies as a whole, and the growth of these large companies has led the development of China's pesticide industry over these years.

Total pesticide revenue of the top 100 companies has clearly increased in the period. With a Compound Average Growth Rate (CAGR) of 26.38% (all calculations have been based on values in RMB) from 2010 to 2012, the total pesticide revenues of the top 100 pesticide companies reached USD12.9 billion (RMB79.1 billion) in 2012. The CAGR of the top 100 pesticide companies is higher than that of the total pesticide sales revenue of China's pesticide industry in 2012.

The numbers also show that the top 10 and top 30 in the list enjoyed even more remarkable growth rates. The total pesticide revenue CAGR of the top 10 and the top 30 are 31.37% and 29.11% respectively, a strong sign of the pesticide industry's development.

With rapid growth, the top 100 pesticide companies accounted for 33.49% of the total sales revenue of the industry in 2012, up by 2.23 percentage points compared with 2010. In the meanwhile, the top 10 and the top 30 companies accounted for 9.52% and 19.53%, respectively, of China's total pesticide sales revenue in 2012.

The Top 100 List also indicates that competition among pesticide companies is intensifying. Companies must strive for improvement if they want to keep their positions in the Top 100 List, since the threshold is becoming higher. The 100th company in the 2011 list had a pesticide revenue of USD27.7 million (RMB170 million) in the previous year (2010). Meanwhile, the last place in the 2013 Top 100 earned USD42.4 million (RMB260 million) the previous year.

Competition among the top companies in the list is even fiercer. It is estimated that as many as 24 pesticide companies brought in over USD163.13 million (RMB1.0 billion) in pesticide revenue in 2012, 8 more than the number in 2011 and double of the number in 2010 (10 companies).

Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical & Chemical Co., Ltd., for instance, had pesticide revenues of USD166.1 million (RMB1,018 million) in 2010, placing it at number 10 in the 2011 list. However, if it had maintained the same revenue, the company would only have ranked 24th in the 2013 list.

Table of Contents of China Crop Protection Monthly Report 1311

CCPIA announces the Top 100 pesticide companies in China

Top 100 pesticide companies' revenue rising fast

Geographical distribution changes in the top 100

M&A and pesticide industry recovery boost Top 100 growth

15 companies keep their places in the top 20 for the past three years

Some companies could not keep their ranking

Top 30 pesticide formulations companies announced

Top 100 companies’ progress and challenges

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Find Hot News in Seed China News 1312

Following are headline news of the latest issue of Seed China News:

Inner Mongolia's grass industry confronted with challenges

Inner Mongolia's grass industry has been confronted with several challenges, such as grassland degradation year by year, Lagging artificial grassland construction, insufficient pasture supply versus increasing livestock number and frequent occurrence of natural disasters.

Analysis on China's cotton seed market from industrial chain perspective

A series of unfavorable factors, such as the implementation of the throwing Reserve policy, high inventory, sluggish downstream consumption, price gap of domestic and international cotton, increasing larbors costs, etc., would be delivered to domestic cotton growing, or even the upstream industry chain——cotton seed industry in 2013/2014.

Analysis on corn variety Demeiya

The Demeiya (德美亚) series, an early-maturing corn variety, has been widely planted in the northern part of Heilongjiang Province. Starch processing enterprises and feed processing enterprises are cautious regarding the use of Demeiya corn, mainly due to its hard grain and high content of colloid.

Oversupply in China's corn seed market and revelations from it

China's corn seed industry has been struggling with oversupply, which has largely been caused by the blind expansion of companies, the inadequate protection of intellectual property rights and the influx of hot money into the seed industry. There are several revelations from the oversupply.

Brief introduction of Guangdong corn seed market

Guangdong is an increasingly important sweet corn seed market in China, featuring different varieties such as Kupula(库普拉), Shuangsexianmi (双色先蜜), Xiantian5 (先甜5号), and others.

Winall Hi-tech to establish three subsidiaries

Winall Hi-tech is going to establish three subsidiaries, seeking to expand its existing seed businesses and improve its performance.

GM foods overly rejected in China

GM foods have been overly rejected in China, but the need for GM crops depends on people's lifestyles.

Cooperation between seed enterprises and research institutes: undesirable

Cooperation between research institutes adhering to the planned economy and seed enterprises heading for the market economy cannot be a success due to the contrasting philosophies of the two sides, which causes seed enterprises to give up technological innovation, and to become a permanent "seed supermarket" instead.

Policy on grain purchasing and subsidy implemented again

Measures for the Administration of Subsidies on the Purchasing Cost of Newly Produced Japonica Rice and Corns in Northeast China released in late Nov. 2013 is expect to stabilize japonica rice prices and boost corn prices in the near future.

Beidahuang Kenfeng terminates cooperation with SOPO on backdoor listing

Beidahuang Kenfeng has given up on a backdoor listing and has instead applied for an IPO to get listed, probably owing to the adjustment of the necessary requirements for a listing. 

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Find Hot News in Crop Protection Monthly Report 1312

Following are headline news of the latest issue of Crop Protection Monthly Report:

Registered Chinese herbs used as pesticides

Over the past decade, a part of China-specific botanical pesticides have been registered, such as neochamaejasmin, physcion, curcumol, D-catechin, triptolide and cnidiadin

Potential pesticide ingredients developed by China are to enter market in the future

More new pesticide ingredients developed by China are expected to enter the market

Introduction to self-developed herbicides by China with valid registrations

Only two registrations of self-developed herbicides are valid according to the statistics released by the ICAMA on 26 Nov., 2013.

18 self-developed pesticides without renewal of technical registrations

There have been 18 self-developed pesticides by China with expired registrations of technical as of Nov. 2013

Introduction to self-developed insecticides by China with valid registrations

There are 8 insecticide ingredients with valid technical registrations in China at present

Introduction to self-developed fungicides by China with valid registrations

There have been approximately 18 fungicide ingredients whose technical registrations are within valid duration, according to information released by the ICAMA on 26 Nov., 2013

Pesticide innovation in China

China has been reinforcing the guidance for domestic pesticide innovation since 1995 

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Find Hot News in Dairy Products China News 1312

Following are headline news of the latest issue of Dairy Products China News:

Guangda Group to Expand Milk Supply

Guangda Group plans to set up the 5th dairy farm in Chongqing in December to boost its milk supply.

Vitasoy Launches Grain Milk 

Vitasoy launches grain milk in mainland China, aiming to expand its business in the grain beverages market – a fast-growing market segment.

Beingmate Targets Children's Milk Market

On 25 November, Beingmate announces that it will set up a wholly-owned subsidiary for production and sales of children's milk, aiming to acquire a share in this growing niche market.

Synutra to Acquire Youthbase

On 21 November, Synutra announces the acquisition of Youthbase, a Shanghai-based brand with complementary channel positioning.

YST Launches IPO

On 11 November, YST launches a HKD3.9 billion IPO in Hong Kong, aiming to raise capital for further business expansion.

Meiji Dairies Targets Pasteurised Milk and Yoghurt Market 

On 15 November, Meiji Dairies announces its launch of fresh milk and yoghurt in Eastern China in December, moving on from its formula market exit.

New Hope Dairy Re-enters Infant Formula Market

New Hope Dairy announces its re-entry to the infant formula market in early 2014 with a range produced in and imported from New Zealand.

Revised Draft of Food Safety Law Announced

On 29 October, the State Council issues a draft amendment to the Food Safety Law which is notable for proposing harsher punishments for violators.

Domestic Dairy Processors Raise Product Prices

Several domestic dairy processors are raising their product prices this month, suggesting the potential for wider price increases for domestic dairy products in the near future.

One-child Policy Shift Benefits Infant Formula Industry

China will relax its one-child policy, allowing couples to have two children if one of the parents is a single child, a move which is expected to be beneficial for the infant formula industry.

Tingyi and Wakodo to Form JV

Japanese baby food producer Wakodo is establishing a JV with Tingyi, aiming to expand its business in the Chinese market – with Dutch-sourced product.

Cheese Market Growth

Cheese imports for 2013 overall are expected to hit 45,000 tonnes, with Shanghai and Beijing taking the lion's share. 

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