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At present, investment on phosphorus industry upsurges amongst Chinese public enterprises that have never run a business on phosphorus industry, according to CCM International’s March issue of Phosphorus Industry China Monthly Report.

The Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council of China (LAOSCC) released an opinion soliciting draft of the Grain Law on 21 Feb., 2012, aiming to invite public opinions, based on CCM International’s latest issue of Crop Protection China News.

Shanghai Heben-Eastsun Medicaments Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Heben-Eastsun), one of the leading azoxystrobin producers in China, plans to expand its capacity of azoxystrobin technical to 500t/a from 300t/a this year, which will greatly enhance the company's competitiveness and bring it handsome profit in the near future, according to CCM’s March Issue of Fungicides China News.

Kingfa Sci.&Tech.Co., Ltd. (Kingfa), the largest modified plastics producer in China, successfully completed a public offering on February 14th, 2012, according to CCM International’s March issue of Biomaterials China News.

Adding unregistered AIs to pesticide formulations is still very common in China, according to the result of the third pesticide supervision and inspection of 2011 released by the Ministry of Agriculture recently. Chlorantraniliprole and terbufos are the popular AIs added to illegal pesticides, according to CCM International’s March issue of Insecticides China News.

CCM International, a leading TiO2 market research company in China, is holding a promotion on TiO2 Market Research Packages from Jan. 20 to Apr. 20, 2012. During the promotion period, you can enjoy a discount of up to 40% off if you pay online. There is only 40 days left. Actually, it is the first time that CCM International has launched the online packages of TiO2 services, and the discount is extremely attractive. Grab your bargain now!

Great changes are occurring in China's seed industry at present, while the core of industry transformation lies in the establishment of a commercial breeding system. The State Council issued the Suggestions for Accelerating Development of Modern Crop Seed Industry (the Suggestions) in April 2011, primarily to promote the commercial breeding capacity of seed companies, according to CCM International’s February Issue of Seed China News.

On 7 February 2012, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Finance and the Agricultural Development Bank of China jointly published the Notice of the First Temporary Purchasing Plan of Sucrose in 2012, which will have a positive effect on the consumption of Chinese sweeteners, especially that of starch sugar in the near future, according to CCM’s March issue of Sweeteners China News.

China inks the first soybean deal with the US in 2012 during 15 Feb. to 17 Feb., 2012 when Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping made a visit to the US. This soybean deal is considered to be the biggest ever one-off US soybean purchase with a total value of USD6.7 million and volume of 13.4 million tonnes, based on CCM International’s latest issue of Crop Protection China News.

In 2011, a new 2,4-D product namely 2,4-D choline has been under industrial production by Dow AgroSciences. Owing to its advantages of high efficiency of weeding, low pollution to the environment, wide application areas can also be applied to GM crops, and production of 2,4-D choline will create more development space for the whole 2,4-D industry worldwide. Meanwhile, the promotion of this new product is largely affected by many factors, such as its price higher than that of other 2,4-D products, planting areas of GM crops affected by the attitude of local governments, etc.