20 13 Zhangye city, Gansu province issued a "ban" on genetically modified seeds, becoming the first and only prefecture-level city in China to explicitly ban genetically modified seeds.
Chen Kegong, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Zhangye City, Gansu Province, said: "The genetically modified seed incident is of great significance. We can't take any chances, and we can't afford any risks, because we are a big agricultural production market. We don't mention food, only seeds. This bottom line is the bottom line of rationality, and this bottom-up measure is the measure after weighing.
Three characteristics of genetic crops
1, which has extinction effect on the original wild crops;
2. Genetically modified products are sterilized products. You can't use grain as seeds, you can only buy new seeds every year.
3. There are special requirements for pesticides and fertilizers, and only pesticides and fertilizers designated by genetically modified seed companies can be used.
Extended data:
It is forbidden to operate and plant genetically modified crop seeds according to law.
1. Illegal production, operation or provision of seeds of genetically modified food crops for growers shall be ordered by the agricultural administrative department of the people's government at or above the county level to stop production and operation, and the illegal income and seeds shall be confiscated; If the value of illegal production and operation is less than 1 10,000 yuan, a fine of more than 1 10,000 yuan and less than 50,000 yuan shall be imposed; If the value of the goods is more than 10 thousand yuan, a fine of more than five times and less than ten times the value of the goods shall be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, the seed production and operation license shall be revoked.
Second, if genetically modified corn, rice, soybeans and other food crops are illegally planted within their respective administrative areas, agricultural subsidies will be stopped and reported to the agricultural administrative department of the provincial government for eradication and destruction according to law; If there is no illegal income or the illegal income is less than 100,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan may be imposed; If the illegal income is more than 100,000 yuan, a fine ranging from one time to five times the illegal income may be imposed.
Three, any organization or individual, such as the discovery of production, management and planting of genetically modified crop seeds, should be reported, the county government will instruct the relevant departments to find out the facts in a timely manner and deal with them seriously.
Zhaoyuan county people's government-notice on prohibiting the operation and planting of genetically modified crop seeds according to law