Care taken with GM crops, national food supply

No genetically modified grain has been approved for commercial production in China, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday.

"We would first develop nonfood GM agricultural products, such as cotton, followed by products used as feed, then food for humans, with grains coming last," ministry spokesman Pan Xianzheng said at a news conference on the sidelines of the ongoing two sessions.

Currently only GM cotton and papaya are allowed to be grown at commercial scale in China, he said.