Compared with those countries in the world where genetically modified organisms are booming, we are a relatively cautious country, although imports are better, but in terms of commercial planting, we have not kept up with the pace of the United States, Brazil, Argentina and other countries.
What are the reasons for being cautious about the commercial cultivation of genetically modified crops? For the sake of food security, of course. During the two sessions in 2015, the former vice minister of agriculture said in an interview with the media the reason for the mainland's cautious planting of genetically modified organisms, saying: "To evaluate the safety of genetically modified organisms, there must be sufficient experimental results and data." With the efforts of one generation, as well as the accumulation between generations, we can make judgments. ”
During the two sessions in 2016, the former vice minister of agriculture was again asked by the media about the topic of genetically modified organisms, saying: "Genetically modified technology has only appeared for more than 20 years, and there is no intergenerational data, so people have some doubts and think that non-genetically modified is safer and understandable." I think this is just a cautious attitude, not a complete rejection of GMO technology. ”
The former vice minister of agriculture believes that it is understandable that people are skeptical about the safety of genetically modified organisms, and it is not "anti-intellectual", because there is no intergenerational data, and skepticism is the instinctive reaction of a normal person.
In 2021, the pilot work of genetically modified corn and soybean industrialization will be launched, and the pilot scope will be further expanded in 2023, and it has been extended to 20 counties in 5 provinces and regions of Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Sichuan and Yunnan, and arranged seed production in Gansu, which has a great tendency to spread.
From a cautious attitude to an accelerated approach, there must be a reason for this, according to logic, that is, the problem of intergenerational data has been solved, and intergenerational data shows that there is no problem with the safety of GMOs, and it is already suitable for commercial cultivation.
However, only eight years have passed, which is relatively short, how can the intergenerational data go from nothing to nothing so quickly?