Last updated: December 2006
Plant Protection Organization Chart
Important Contact Addresses
Responsible Ministry
Ministry
of Agriculture (MOA)
Mr Dun Niu,Deputy Minister
No.
11 Nongzhanguan Nanli, Beijing,
P.R. China 100026
Tel:
86-10-6419 2328
Fax: 86-10-6500 3621
Website: www.agri.gov.cn
Responsible Department
Crop Production
Department, MOA
Mr
Shouchong Wang, Deputy General Director
No.
11 Nongzhanguan Nanli, Beijing,
P.R. China 100026
Tel:
86-10-6419 2864
Fax: 86-10-6419 3376
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.agri.gov.cn
Address for nominations
International
Cooperation Department
Ms
Xiangjun Yao, Deputy General Director
Ministry
of Agriculture
No.
11 Nongzhanguan Nanli, Beijing,
P.R. China 100026
Tel:
86-10-6419 2400
Fax: 86-10-6500 4635
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.agri.gov.cn
Operational Offices:
Plant Protection
Plant
Protection & Quarantine Division
Mr Youquan Chen, Division Director
Crop Production
Department, MOA
No.
11 Nongzhanguan Nanli, Beijing,
P.R. China 100026
Tel:
86-10-6419 3350
Fax: 86-10-6419 3376
E-mail: [email protected]
Websites: www.agri.gov.cn
www.ppq.gov.cn
Plant Quarantine
Agricultural Plant Quarantine
Plant Protection &
Quarantine Division
Ms Xiaoling Wu, Deputy
Division Director (IPPC Contact Point)
Crop Production
Department, MOA
Add:
No. 11 Nongzhanguan Nanli, Beijing,
P.R. China 100026
Tel:
86-10-6419 3350
Fax: 86-10-6419 3376
E-mail: [email protected]
Websites: www.agri.gov.cn
www.ppq.gov.cn
Forestry Plant Quarantine
Pests Management
Division
Ms
Xiaohua Wang, Division Director
Forestation
Department, State Forestry Administration (SFA)
Tel:
86-10-8423 8512
Fax: 86-10-8423 8067
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.forestry.gov.cn
Import/Export Plant Quarantine
Department
for Supervision on Animal and Plant Quarantine
Mr Lu Houlin, Deputy Director-General
General Administration
of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ)
No. 9 Madiandonglu,
Haidian District, Beijing,
P.R. China 100088
Tel:
86-10-8226 1912
Fax: 86-10-8226 0155
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.aqsiq.gov.cn
Plant Quarantine
Division
Mr
Yiyu Wang, Division Director
Department for
Supervision on Animal and Plant Quarantine
General Administration
of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ)
No. 9 Madian Donglu,
Haidian District, Beijing,
P.R. China 100088
Tel:
86-10-8226 1909
Fax: 86-20-8226 0157
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.aqsiq.gov.cn
Surveillance, Pest Outbreaks and Invasive Species Management
National
Agro-Tech Extension and Service
Center (NATESC)
Mr Tianrun Zhong, Deputy General
Director
Ministry
of Agriculture
No. 20 Maizidian Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R. China 100026
Tel:
86-10-6419 4524
Fax: 86-10-6419 4726
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.natesc.gov.cn
Pesticide Registration
Institute
for the Control of Agrochemicals (ICAMA)
Mr
Yunhao Wang, Director
Ministry
of Agriculture
No. 22 Maizidian Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R. China 100026
Tel:
86-10-641 94055
Fax: 86-10-6502 5929
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.chinapesticide.gov.cn
Official International Contact Points
National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) Contact Point (for IPPC/APPPC)
Plant Protection &
Quarantine Division
Ms Xiaoling Wu,
Deputy Division Director
Crop Production
Department, Ministry of Agriculture
No. 11 Nongzhanguan
Nanli
Beijing, P.R. China 100026
Tel:
86-10-6419 2804
Fax: 86-10-6419 3376
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.ppq.gov.cn
WTO-SPS Contact Point
Research Centre for International Inspection & Quarantine Technical Regulation &
Standard of the People’s Republic of China
WTO-SPS Enquiry Point
General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ)
No. 9 Madiandonglu, Haidian District, Beijing, P.R. China 100088
Rotterdam Convention (PIC) DNA Pesticides (P)
Institute for the
Control of Agrochemicals (ICAMA)
Ms
Yong-zhen Yang, Deputy Director-General (until December 2006)
Ministry
of Agriculture
No. 22 Maizidian Street, Chaoyang, Beijing,
P.R. China 100026
Tel:
86-10-6419 4071
Fax: 86-10-6502 5929
E-mail: [email protected]
Stockholm Convention (POP) National Focal Point (P)
Division of
International Organizations.
Mr Yue
Ruisheng, Deputy Director General
Department of
International Cooperation
State Environment
Protection Administration
No.
115 Xizhimennei Nanxiaojie, Beijing,
P.R. China 100035
Tel.:
86-10-6655 6492
Fax: 86-10-6655 6494
E-mail: [email protected]
Basel Convention Competent Authority (CA)
State Environmental Protection Administration
No. 115 Xizhimennei Nanxiaojie
Beijing, P.R. China 100035
Tel: 86-10-6655 6256/6257
Fax: 86-10-6655 6252
E-mails: [email protected] or [email protected]
Selected Country Statistics
Agricultural Population | 745 million | Agricultural Land |
1,23.4 million ha |
GDP $2 560 billion | Agric. GDP: 12.6% | GNI per capita: $1 758 | Undernourishment: 1.7% |
Main crops grown: Rice, Wheat, Maize, Cotton |
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GDP = Gross Domestic Product; GNI = Gross National Income; Hunger = Population below minimum energy requirement |
Last updated: December 2006
List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules
1991
Law of the PRC on
the entry and exit animal and plant quarantine
1992
Regulation on
Plant Quarantine
1996 Regulation for
the implementation of the entry and exit animal and plant quarantine
Web sources for further information: www.aqsiq.gov.cn, www.agri.gov.cn
Policies (regarding plant quarantine) |
Ye s |
No |
Does phytosanitary legislation cover domestic quarantine? |
x |
|
Does phytosanitary legislation cover import quarantine? | x | |
Does phytosanitary legislation cover export quarantine? | x | |
Does phytosanitary legislation cover living modified organisms? | x | |
Is plant quarantine a separate organization from animal quarantine? | x | |
Other policy initiatives (under review/progress): | ||
Web sources for further
information: http://www.aqsiq.gov.cn; http://www.agri.gov.cn |
Organization of
Plant |
Responsible Organizational Unit (Ministry/Department/Unit) |
Pest Risk Analysis | AQSIQ/SAPQD/PQD MOA/CPD/PPQD SFA/FD/PMD |
National standards development | AQSIQ/SAPQD/PQD MOA/CPD/PPQD SFA/FD/PMD |
International notifications | AQSIQ/SAPQD/PQD |
Import: | |
Import permits | AQSIQ/SAPQD/PQD MOA/CPD/PPQD SFA/FD/PMD |
Import inspections | AQSIQ/SAPQD/PQD |
Emergency action | MOA/CPD/PPQD SFA/FD/PMD AQSIQ/SAPQD/PQD |
Export: | |
Phytosanitary certificates | AQSIQ/SAPQD/PQD |
Treatment of commodities | AQSIQ/SAPQD/PQD |
Infrastructure |
Year: 2005 |
|
Number of plant quarantine officers authorized to inspect/certify |
30 000 |
|
Total qualified personnel for plant pest risk analysis |
200 |
|
Number of quarantine offices |
5 557 |
|
entry points (sea/air/land/mail = total) |
598 |
|
post-entry plant quarantine containment facilities |
10 |
|
other offices |
4 949 |
|
Number of quarantine service diagnosis laboratories |
63 |
|
In-country
recognized pest diagnostics capabilities |
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Number of laboratories for insect/mite (arthropod) samples |
many | |
Number of laboratories for bacteria samples |
many | |
Number of laboratories for virus samples |
many | |
Number of laboratories for fungus samples |
many | |
Number of laboratories for mycoplasma samples |
many | |
Number of laboratories for nematode samples |
many | |
Number of laboratories for plant/weed samples |
many | |
Number of laboratories for other pests (snail, slug, rodents, etc.) |
many |
Pest-Free Areas |
Responsible Organizational Unit |
|
Overall management | MOA/CPD/PPQD | |
– surveillance | MOA/NATESC/Plant Quarantine Division | |
– management | MOA/CPD/PPQD | |
– certification | MOA | |
List of target pest species and crops ISPM 4 |
Number of sites in 2006 |
|
Codling moth on apples (pilot) |
2 provinces |
|
List of target pest species and crops ISPM 10 |
Number of sites in [year] |
|
Key Situation Indicators
International Trade |
Year: 2005 |
|
Main Import Plant Commodities |
Main countries/areas of origin |
Quantity (tons) |
Soybean |
USA, Brazil, Argentina |
26.59 million |
Wheat |
Canada, Australia, USA |
3.51 million |
Tapioca |
Thailand, Viet Nam, Indonesia |
3.33 million |
Main Export Plant Commodities |
Main destination countries |
|
Corn |
Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia |
8.61 million |
Fruit |
EU, Southeast Asia, North America |
2.04 million |
Cooperation Projects |
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Title (Purpose/Target) |
Donor | Amount |
Years (start-end) |
Title of government follow-up programmes |
Amount |
Years (start-end) |
|
Key Operation Indicators
Institutional Functions |
Year: 2005 |
Number of import permits issued |
19 000 |
Number of import inspections carried out |
|
Number of emergency phytosanitary treatments taken on imports |
|
Number notifications of non-compliance |
|
Number of conventional phytosanitary certificates issued |
529 000 |
Number of electronic phytosanitary certificates issued |
0 |
Number of quarantine pests intercepted |
Year: |
|
Top three commodities |
Top three pest/commodity |
# of interceptions |
Lists of Regulated Pests |
Insects |
Pathogens |
Plants |
|
Number of quarantine pests |
1997 | 212 | 202 |
38 |
Number of regulated non-quarantine pests |
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Number of regulated import articles |
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Web source for further information: www.aqsiq.gov.cn |
Pest Risk Analysis |
Insects |
Pathogens |
Plants |
No. of PRA completed and documented (according to ISPM) |
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Web
source for further information: |
Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
Updated the domestic
quarantine pest list |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, raining, etc.) |
New quarantine staff must be trained before engaged |
Implementation of ISPM |
Relevance |
Implementation |
Planned/Actual |
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International Measures |
low | medium | high | none | partial | most | full | |
ISPM 01 Principles of plant quarantine as related to international trade |
x | x | 2001 | |||||
ISPM 02 Guidelines for pest risk analysis |
x | x | 2001 | |||||
ISPM 03 Code of conduct for the import and release of exotic biological control agents |
x | x | 2003 | |||||
ISPM 04 Requirements for the establishment of pest free areas |
x | x | 2004 | |||||
ISPM 05 Glossary of phytosanitary terms |
x | x | 2005 | |||||
ISPM 06 Guidelines for surveillance |
x | x | 2000 | |||||
ISPM 07 Export certification system |
x | x | 1998 | |||||
ISPM 08 Determination of pest status in an area |
x | x | 2001 | |||||
ISPM 09 Guidelines for pest eradication programmes |
x | x | 2002 | |||||
ISPM 10 Requirements for the establishment of pest free places of production and pest free production sites |
x | x | 2004 | |||||
ISPM 11 Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests |
x | x | 2002 | |||||
ISPM 12 Guidelines for phytosanitary certificates |
x | x | 2003 | |||||
ISPM
13 Guidelines for the notification of |
x | x | 2004 | |||||
ISPM 14 The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk management |
x | x | 2003 | |||||
ISPM 15 Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade |
x | x | 2005 | |||||
ISPM 16 Regulated non-quarantine pests: concept and application |
x | x | 2006 | |||||
ISPM 17 Pest reporting |
x | x | 2004 | |||||
ISPM 18 Guidelines for the use of irradiation as a phytosanitary measure |
x | x | 2003 | |||||
ISPM 19 Guidelines on lists of regulated pests |
x | x | 2005 | |||||
ISPM 20 Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system |
x | x | 2004 | |||||
ISPM 21 Pest risk analysis for regulated non-quarantine pests |
x | x | 2005 | |||||
ISPM 22 Requirements for the establishment of areas of low pest prevalence |
x | x | 2006 | |||||
ISPM 23 Guidelines for inspection |
x | x | 2005 | |||||
ISPM 24 Guidelines for the determination and recognition of equivalence of phytosanitary measures |
x | x | 2005 | |||||
ISPM 25 Consignments in transit |
x | x | 2006 | |||||
ISPM 26 Establishment of pest free areas for fruit flies (Tephritidae) |
x | x | ||||||
ISPM 27 Diagnostic protocols for regulated pests |
x | x | ||||||
Comments/Constraints |
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List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules for Surveillance, Pest Reporting and Emergency Actions
–
Web source for further information: –
Policies (regarding invasive/migratory species management) |
Yes |
No |
National strategy to control serious field pest outbreaks? |
x |
|
National strategy to control migratory or periodically occurring pests? |
x |
|
National strategy to eradicate serious newly invaded exotic pests? |
x |
|
Other policies: (e.g.
subsidies, etc.) |
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Web source for further information: www.agri.gov.cn |
Organization of Outbreak |
|
Field/Storage Pest Outbreaks |
(e.g. BPH, bollworm, etc.) |
Response strategy/plans |
MOA/CPD/PPQD,
SFA |
Surveillance |
MOA/NATESC/Pest forecast division, SFA |
Control |
MOA/NATESC/Pest management division, SFA |
Migratory Pest Outbreaks |
(e.g. locusts, birds, armyworm) |
Response strategy/plans |
MOA/DCP/PPQD, SFA |
Surveillance |
MOA/NATESC/Pest forecast division, SFA |
Control |
MOA/NATESC/Pest management division, SFA |
New Exotic Pest Eradication |
(e.g. coconut beetle) |
Response strategy/plans |
MOA/DCP/PPQD, SFA |
Surveillance |
MOA/NATESC/Plant quarantine division, SFA |
Control/eradication |
MOA/NATESC/Plant quarantine division, SFA |
Reporting to bilateral or international organizations |
MOA/DCP/PPQD |
Infrastructure |
Year: 2005 |
Number of designated staff for surveillance of field pests of national importance |
15 351 |
Number of designated staff for surveillance of migratory and periodically occurring pests |
15 351 |
Number of designated staff for surveillance of invasive species |
8 692 |
Number of designated staff for control of field pests of national importance |
29 512 |
Number of designated staff for control of migratory and periodically occurring pests |
29 512 |
Number of designated staff for eradication of invasive species |
Key Situation and Operation Indicators
(Outbreaks and invasions in the past 2 years)
New exotic species found established in country |
Insects |
Pathogens |
Weeds |
Total number for year: Most recent |
9 |
12 |
1 |
Total number for year: year before 2000 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
Total number on record |
17 |
14 |
4 |
Eradication or internal quarantine actions taken against economically important species |
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Name of species |
Red fire ant | ||
Year of first discovery |
2004 | ||
Passway |
Imported waste material |
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Location of first discovery |
Guangdong Wuchuan |
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Area affected [ha] |
13 333 | ||
Area treated [ha] |
13 333 | ||
Control method |
Poison bait | ||
Expenditures |
6 million US$ |
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Pest outbreak actions |
Outbreak 1 |
Outbreak 2 |
Outbreak 3 |
Name of species |
Locusts | BPH |
Wheat stripe rust |
Year of outbreak |
2004 | 2004 | 2004 |
Area affected [ha] |
2.2 million | 23 million | 4.3 millioin |
Estimated damage $ |
NA |
210 million tons |
63 million tons |
Area treated by government [ha] |
NA | NA | NA |
Expenditures by government [$] |
NA | NA | NA |
Control method |
Pesticides, biopesticides |
Pesticides |
Seed treatments, crop diversities, fungicides |
More information |
Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
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List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules for Surveillance, Pest Reporting and Emergency Actions
–
Web source for further information: –
Policies (regarding pest management) |
Yes |
No |
Do you have policies encouraging organic or low-pesticide use production |
x |
|
Is IPM specifically mentioned in laws or policy documents? |
x |
|
Do you have official Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) or any other relevant food safety (ecofood, etc.) standards for pest management? |
x |
|
Is pest management extension separate from general extension? |
x |
|
Other policies: (subsidies, production inputs, etc.) |
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Web source for further information: http://www.ppq.gov.cn |
Organization of Plant Protection Functions |
Responsible Organizational
Unit |
Policy development |
MOA/CPD/PPQD, SFA |
Pest management research |
MOA/NATESC, SFA |
Control recommendations |
MOA/NATESC, SFA |
Pest management extension |
MOA/NATESC, Plant protection station at county, prefecture and provincial levels. SFA |
IPM training |
MOA/NATESC, Plant protection station at county, prefecture and provincial levels. SFA |
GAP training |
Plant protection station at county, prefecture and provincial levels |
Infrastructure |
Year: 2005 |
Number of technical officers for pest management |
29 512 |
Number of central, regional, provincial or state offices |
600 |
Number of district and village level field offices |
10 865 |
Number of field/extension agents for pest management advice |
19 026 |
Number of field/extension agents trained in IPM-FFS facilitation |
1 036 |
Number of government biocontrol production/distribution facilities |
NA |
Number of government biopesticide production/distribution facilities |
NA |
Number of general extension staff involved in pest management |
29 512 |
Number of designated plant protection technical officers for extension |
29 512 |
Key Situation and Operation Indicators
Pest Management |
Yes |
No |
Does the country have a National IPM Programme? |
x |
|
Does the country
have specific IPM extension programmes? |
x |
|
Does the country
have specific IPM research programmes? |
x |
|
Does the country
have specific GAP extension programmes? |
x |
|
Does the country
have specific GAP research programmes? |
x |
Market shares (estimated value, volume or area under control) |
Year: 2005 |
Size of chemical pest control market |
260.71 M ha |
Size of biopesticides market |
29.80 M ha |
Size of biological control agents market |
8.45 M ha |
Major pest control requiring crops (requiring most pesticide applications) |
1st |
2nd
|
3rd
|
Affected crop |
Rice [2005] |
Vegetables [2005] |
Cotton [2005] |
Name(s) of pest(s) |
Rice borers, BPH, Leaf feeders, Rice blast, Sheath blight |
Leaf miners, Caterpillars, DBM, White-flies, Soil diseases, Leaf diseases |
Cotton bollworm, Aphids, Lygus bugs |
Estimated crop loss |
630 million tons |
1 119 million tons |
35.1 million tons |
Affected area |
10.87 million ha |
26 million ha |
2.61 million ha |
Number of pesticide applications or amount of pesticide used |
10.67 million ha |
2.5 million ha |
1.76 million ha |
Government action taken |
Cooperation Projects |
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Purpose/Target | Donor | Amount |
Years (start-end) |
IPM-FFS in vegetables |
FAO/Norway |
450 000 US$ |
2003-2007 |
Purpose/Target of government follow-up programmes |
Amount |
Years (start-end) |
|
Matching funds for IPM-FFS in vegetables and fruits |
100 000 US$ |
2005-2007 |
|
Pest Management Extension |
Year: 2005 |
Number of farmers trained in IPM during the year |
2 400 |
Number of IPM-FFS conducted during the year |
85 |
Number of farmers trained in GAP standards during the year |
NA |
Area under IPM/low pesticide management [ha] |
NA |
Area under organic/pesticide-free management [ha] |
|
Crops in which IPM or other ecology friendly programmes are successfully implemented: Rice, cotton, wheat, locusts |
|
Crops grown organic/pesticide-free: |
Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
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List of Key Legislation/Regulations/Rules
1982 Pesticide Registration Regulation
1989 Data Requirement of Pesticide Registration
1995 Pesticide Advertisement
Inspection Measures (MOA and SA Industry & Commerce)
1997
Regulation on
Pesticide Administration
1998
Implementation
Rule of Regulation on Pesticide Administration (Min. Chem. Industry)
1999
Implementation
Rule of Regulation on Pesticide Administration (MOA)
Web source: www.chinapesticide.gov.cn
Policies (regarding pesticide management) |
Yes |
No |
|
Do you have national
pesticide reduction targets? |
Note |
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Have you ratified the Rotterdam (PIC) Convention? |
x | ||
Have you ratified the Stockholm (POP) Convention? |
x | ||
Have your ratified the Basel Convention? (hazardous wastes) |
x | ||
Have your ratified the Montreal Protocol? (MeBr phasing-out) |
x | ||
Have you reported the observance of the Code of Conduct to FAO according to Art. 12 of the Code? |
x |
||
Have you adopted Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)? |
x |
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Pesticide Registration |
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Do you require pesticides to conform to relevant FAO or WHO specifications? |
x | ||
Do you allow the “me-too” registration and sale of generic pesticides? |
x | ||
Do you require data on product equivalence for generic registration? |
x | ||
Do you conduct country-specific risk assessments for… |
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|
occupational risks? | x | |
|
consumer risks? | x | |
environmental risks? |
x | ||
Have you adopted the Global Harmonized System (GHS) for pesticides hazards evaluation and labelling? |
x |
||
Do you accept evaluation results from other countries? |
x |
||
Do you accept field studies conducted in other countries? |
x |
||
Do you require environmental fate studies? |
x |
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Incentives/Disincentives |
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Do you have a special tax on pesticides to cover externality costs? |
x |
||
Do you subsidize or provide low-cost pesticides? |
x |
||
Do you subsidize or provide low-cost biopesticides? |
x |
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Organization of
Plant |
|
Legislation |
National Legislative Bureau |
Registration |
MOA/ICAMA and ICAs |
Licensing of shops |
CAMTC/MOA |
Licensing of field applicators |
|
Enforcement/inspections |
AQSIQ, State Admin. for Industry and Commerce (SAIC), MOA |
Testing of pesticide efficacy |
State PPI, PPS |
Development of pesticide use recommendations |
MOA/ICAMA |
Safe use training/extension |
MOA/NATESC, + State PPS |
Food residue monitoring |
MOA |
Environmental monitoring |
MOA/ICAMA |
Health monitoring |
MOA/ICAMA |
Other Stakeholders: |
|
Pesticide Industry Association |
Crop Life China, China
Pesticide Industry Assoc. |
Civil Society
Organizations |
Infrastructure* |
Year: 2005 |
Number of registration officers |
445 (ICAMA:90) |
Number of enforcement officers |
20 000 |
Number of department quality control laboratories |
62 |
Number of quality control laboratory personnel |
510 |
Number of department residue analysis laboratories |
56 |
Number of residue laboratory personnel |
448 |
Total: ~30 000 |
|
Key Situation Indicators
Pesticide Trade: |
Tons |
$ ’000 Value |
|
Imports | 27 627 |
146 850 |
|
Manufacture | 1 030 000 |
22 636 310 |
|
Export | 391 587 |
1 187 130 |
|
Domestic Use/Sales |
258 000 |
5 670 000 |
|
Pesticide Use Profile: |
Tons |
$ ’000 Value |
|
Agriculture | 258 000 | ||
|
Chem. Insecticides | 53% | |
Chem. Fungicides |
10% | ||
|
Chem. Herbicides | 25% | |
|
Chem. Others: e.g. molluscicide, acaricide | 12% | |
|
Other: e.g. Avamectrin, Bt, Neem | ||
Other purposes |
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TOTAL |
Post Registration Monitoring
Testing, Quality Control and Effects in the Field |
Yes |
No |
Do you have significant problems with low-quality pesticides in the market? |
x |
|
Do you have significant problems with pesticide resistance? |
x |
|
Do you have a list of pesticides under close observation for problems |
x |
|
Source for more information: www.chinapesticide.gov.cn |
Health and Environmental Information |
Yes |
No |
Do you maintain data on pesticide poisoning cases? |
x |
|
Do you have a system to monitor pesticide residues in food? |
x |
|
Do you have a system to monitor pesticide residues in the environment? |
x |
|
Do you have significant problems of environmental contamination from pesticides? |
x |
|
Do you have data on pesticides effects on wildlife and ecosystems? |
x |
|
Source for more information: – |
Pesticide Disposal |
Yes |
No |
Do you have system to collect and safely dispose of used containers and small quantities of left-over pesticides? |
x |
|
Do you have an inventory of outdated and obsolete pesticides in the country? (e,g. banned and no longer traded, but still in storage) |
x |
|
Do you have illegal trade in pesticides? |
x |
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Key Operation Indicators
Registration/Regulation/Monitoring |
Year: 2005 |
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Trade Name |
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Number of registered pesticide products |
600 |
20 000 |
Number of registered biopesticides (Avamectrin, Bt, Neem, etc.) |
150 |
2 000 |
Number of restricted-use pesticides/formulations |
21 |
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Number of banned pesticides |
18 |
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Number of licensed outlets |
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Number of licensed field applicators (professional and/or farmers) |
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Number of licensing violations reported during year |
600 |
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Number of quality control analyses conducted during year |
15 000 |
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Number of food samples analyzed for pesticide residues during year |
12 000 |
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Number of samples exceeding MRL |
250 |
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Number of environmental samples analyzed for pesticide residues |
1 000 |
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* active ingredient |
Pesticides Restricted in Recent Years |
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Year |
Name of active ingredient or hazardous formulation |
1982, 2002 |
Methamidophos, Parathion-methyl, Parathion, Monocrotophos, Phosphamidon, Phorate, Isofenphos-methyl, Terbufos, Phosfolan-methyl, Sulfotep, Carbofuran, Demeton, Aldicarb, Ethoprophos, Phosfolan, Coumaphos, Fonofos, Isazofos, Fenamiphos (Banned use on fruit, vegetable, tea and herbal medicine) |
1982 |
Phorate (Restricted for seed dressing) |
1982 |
Carbofuran (Restricted for broadcasting and seed dressing) |
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Pyrethroid insecticides (Banned use on paddy) |
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Lindan (Restricted for wheat or in wastelands) |
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Fenvalerate, Dicofol (Banned use on tea) |
Pesticides Banned in Recent Years |
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Year |
Name of active ingredient |
1970’s |
Arsena, Acetate, Mercury compounds, dieldrin, aldrin |
1982 |
Fluoroacetamide |
1983 |
BHC, DDT, Dibromochloropropane,^^)^ |
1984 |
Ethylene dibromide |
1986 | Cyhexatin |
1990 |
Chlordimeform (Promugated 1990 and enforced 1992) |
1990 |
%mm |
1991 |
Tetramine, Silatrane |
1995 | Gliftor |
1997 |
Nitrofen ( Promulgated 1997, production banned 2000, use banned 2001) |
2007 |
Methamidophos, Parathion-methyl, Parathion, Monocrotophos, Phosphamidon |
Cooperation Projects |
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Purpose/Target | Donor | Amount |
Years (start-end) |
Sino-German
Pesticide Quality |
Germany Government |
3 750 000 $ |
1995-2002 |
Sino-German Obsolete
Pesticide |
Germany Government |
2 550 000€ |
2004-2009 |
Sino-Dutch Minimize |
Holland Government |
2 849 461€ |
2003-2007 |
Purpose/Target of government follow-up programmes |
Amount |
Years (start-end) |
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Progress and Constraints
Main Progress in Recent Years (legislation, policies, infrastructure, investments, training, etc.) |
Main Constraints (personnel, infrastructure, administrative, operational, training, etc.) |
Last updated: December 2006
Genetically Modified Crops |
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Name of GMO Crop |
Area under Cultivation [ha] |
Cotton |
3 542 000 |