China is planning changes to its seed regulations that will make it easier to approve genetically modified crops, a move seen as a critical step towards commercializing GM corn.
 
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs published a draft document late on Friday proposing a series of amendments to several different regulations that cover GM crops.
 
The changes implement decisions by the Communist party's powerful Central Committee and the cabinet on safe management of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, and development of a modern seed industry, according to the statement.
 
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