China has become the world’s largest producer of pesticides, and research into the development of new agrochemicals continues to advance.

Release Date:

2018-12-27

For many years, the development of new agrochemicals in China has been dominated by imitation. Since joining the WTO, such imitative efforts have faced significant constraints—particularly for highly active compounds, which can only be synthesized and produced after their patents have expired. Moreover, foreign companies’ protections of synthesis processes, applications, and formulation combinations have made pesticide imitation in China an exceedingly difficult and arduous undertaking. Beginning in the 1950s, several Chinese research institutes started engaging in the discovery and development of novel agrochemicals. In the early 1950s, Mr. Mei Binfu at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, drew inspiration from garlic’s remarkable biological activity and, from garlic…

　　For many years, China has been new… Pesticide Development has long been dominated by generic drug production. Since China’s accession to the WTO, its generic‑drug manufacturing has faced significant constraints, particularly in the case of certain highly active compounds. Pesticide Variety—can only wait for that. Pesticide Synthesis and production can only commence after the patent expires; moreover, due to the protective measures employed by foreign companies in synthesis processes, applications, and formulation blending, China is proceeding… Pesticide The replication work can be described as fraught with difficulties and extremely arduous.
　　Starting in the 1950s, several research institutes in China began to engage in new… Pesticide In the early 1950s, Mr. Mei Binfu of the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, leveraged garlic’s remarkable biological activity to isolate methyl and isopropyl allicin from garlic. However, he recognized that methanol, used as a raw material, posed significant toxicity risks to workers, while n‑propanol and isopropanol were both scarce in China and relatively expensive. Ultimately, he opted for ethanol—abundant in China, cost‑effective, and comparatively safe—as the feedstock, thereby successfully developing China’s first domestically pioneered compound. Pesticide Ethyl allicin (402).
　　In 1963, this variety was in Shanghai. Pesticide The factory was put into production, becoming the first of its kind in China. Pesticide , shortly thereafter, several in our country Pesticide Research institutions have also actively engaged in the new Pesticide the work of its creation. Based on China’s technological capabilities and economic conditions at the time, Shanghai Municipality Pesticide The institute’s first director, Xu Yikuan, proposed the guiding principle of “prioritizing imitation while fostering innovation within it,” and in the 1970s, he initially established this approach in Shanghai. Pesticide Within the institute, a “Research Laboratory for Agricultural Antibiotics” was established under the leadership of Shen Yinchu, with the aim of exploring new approaches from a biological perspective. Pesticide Development efforts have successively yielded jinggangmycin, liuyangmycin, avermectin, ivermectin, changchuanmycin, and jinhexinmycin, among others.
　　Since then, the aforementioned research institutes and universities have been tirelessly engaged in new… Pesticide the work of its creation. In order to carry out the new more extensively Pesticide In the late 1990s, Liu Changling of the Shenyang Research Institute of Chemical Industry developed fluomorph, China’s first fungicide with independent intellectual property rights, through structural modification. To further accelerate the development of new… Pesticide Its establishment marked a departure from the previous fragmented, isolated approach. Under the advocacy and support of Chinese Academy of Engineering academicians Li Zhengming and Shen Yinchu, a proposal was put forward in 2002 at Xiangshan in Beijing to establish a specialized entity within the Ministry of Science and Technology. Pesticide The nationally organized “Xiangshan Conference” was established. In 2003, the Ministry of Science and Technology appointed Qian Xuhong, President of East China University of Science and Technology, as the chief expert for the “973” program. Pesticide “Creation Project,” whose team brings together researchers from more than a dozen university research institutes across China. Pesticide Research elite. Owing to its outstanding achievements, the program was implemented in two consecutive phases over a total of 10 years, involving more than 30 new… Pesticide The variety has been introduced, which not only enables our country to… Pesticide The initiative has emerged as a powerful driving force on the global stage and has also cultivated a large pool of scientific and technological talent; during this period, Qian Xuhong and Song Bao’an were elected as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
　　Today, China has become a global… Pesticide The world’s largest producer, regarding new… Pesticide The ongoing efforts to develop [it] have also enabled our country to become, in today’s world, Pesticide As a leading force in research and development, China is a formidable contender that no country can afford to underestimate—whether in terms of product R&D or theoretical studies.