Academicians said that there was a big contradiction between grain production and demand, and that China had no choice but to use genetically modified capital.

Beijing Times News reported that Wu Kong-ming, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, bluntly stated that the outstanding contradiction between China's grain output and demand has not allowed us to put aside the development of genetically modified technology.

According to the report, Chinese officials have always had a clear attitude towards GM technology: "Speeding up research, promoting application, standardizing management and scientific development". At the same time, the safety of genetically modified products is often debated online. Challengers say that GM products may endanger biodiversity. Although there is no evidence that GM is harmful at present, it does not mean that GM products will be safe in the future. There is even a radical view that GM technology is a fraud by multinational biotechnology companies and scientists.

Some people say that as a new technology, GM has risks. It is suggested that traditional technology should be used before disputes can be resolved, so as to understand and avoid risks by borrowing time. Is this recommendation feasible?

Wu Kongming said that China has 1.8 billion mu of arable land. Even on the basis of nine consecutive increases last year, China imported more than 580 million tons of soybeans, and counted rice, wheat, barley and rape, it was 80 million tons. If land is to be planted, it will be 800 million mu. China's national conditions make it impossible for us to meet our needs in traditional ways like countries with abundant land resources. Our way out must be to support the development of our agriculture through modern high and new technologies.

Wu said that the result of resisting GM technology would be that in order to ensure food self-sufficiency under strong demand, we would have to abandon the safety of a large number of crops such as oil and cotton. This is a dangerous signal for China.

Wu Kongming said that if soybeans are available, we have four countries to buy soybeans, Brazil, Argentina, the United States and Canada. If we buy rice, the whole world will sell it to us for a few days. If we buy wheat and corn, then we can only go to the United States and Canada. If China relies on the United States and Canada for its food imports, do you think it is feasible? In fact, in this context, we have abandoned our soybeans. With the increase of the gap, grain, cotton and oil may be used to keep food all over the country, and the pressure will be increasing in the future. According to CCTV