# China to Plant More Soy, Speed up GMOs to Ensure Food Supply

> China's State Council annual rural policy document calls for boosting soybean and edible oil output and raising grain capacity by 50 million tonnes. The document also promotes intercropping soybeans with corn. The policy aims to reduce China's heavy reliance on soybean imports.

- Date: 2023-02-14 · published 2023-02-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14866-china-to-plant-more-soy-speed-up-gmos-to-ensure-food-supply
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A push for domestic soybean output lowers the long-run need for imports, which is bearish for global soybean export demand. The effect will build slowly over several years.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-09-12 | [China Vows to Ensure There’s Enough Pork to Eat - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57092-china-vows-to-ensure-there-s-enough-pork-to-eat-caixin-global.md) | +4.1% | +8.2% |
| SOY | 2025-05-06 | [China cuts need for feed seed as food security campaign ramps up \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24651-china-cuts-need-for-feed-seed-as-food-security-campaign-ramps-up-south-china.md) | +2.7% | +0.3% |
| SOY | 2025-07-07 | [Wheat falls more than 3% on supply pressure; corn, soybeans drop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11932-wheat-falls-more-than-3-on-supply-pressure-corn-soybeans-drop.md) | -4.9% | -8.9% |
| SOY | 2023-04-14 | [Food security drives China to cut soymeal use in animal feed \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14849-food-security-drives-china-to-cut-soymeal-use-in-animal-feed-reuters.md) | -0.2% | -3.8% |
| SOY | 2022-09-22 | [China to Cut Soybean Meal in Livestock Feed \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39574-china-to-cut-soybean-meal-in-livestock-feed-feed-and-grain.md) | -3.6% | -6.1% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/markets/newswire/update-4-china-to-plant-more-soy-speed-up-gmos-to-ensure-food-supply

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