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12th Five-Year Grain and Oil Processing Industry Development Plan

policy · Made 2012-01-13

13th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Grain Sector

policy · Made 2016

14th Five-Year Plan for Bioeconomy Development

policy · Made 2021-12-20

Administrative measures for cotton reserve loan issued by China Agriculture Development Bank (Trial)

Regulation

Administrative measures for inspection and supervision on imported cotton

Regulation · Made 2013-01-18

Administrative Measures for National Food Quality and Safety Inspection and Monitoring Institutions

Regulation · Made 2025-05-19

Administrative Measures for the Sample Inspection in Quality Check of Grain and Oil Reserved by the Government

Regulation · Made 2023-03-27

Agreement between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the European Union on Cooperation on, and Protection of, Geographical Indications

Treaty · Made 2020-09-14

Agricultural machinery voluntary product certification implementation rules

Other · Made 2018-11-21

Agricultural Science and Technology Development Plan (2006-2020)

policy · Made 2007-06-10

Announcement (2013 No. 51) of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on Approving the Implementation the Protection of Geographical Indication Products for Champagne

Other · Made 2016-04-11

Announcement No. 26 of 2008 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China promulgating discharge standards of water pollutants for sugar industry (National Standard GB 21909-2008)

Other · Made 2009-06-25

Announcement No. 332 of the China National Intellectual Property Administration on Issuing the New Official Seal on Geographical Indications

Other · Made 2019-10-17

Announcement No. 333 of the China National Intellectual Property Administration concerning the Official Seal on Geographical Indications

Other · Made 2019-10-16

Announcement No.93 [2005] of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China – Lifting the Import Tariff Quota of Bean Oil, Palm Oil and Rapeseed Oil and Carrying Out the automatic import permission for the Import State-owned Trade Administration

Other · Made 2005-12-07

Announcement of the China National Intellectual Property Administration on Amending the Measures for the Protection of Foreign Geographical Indication Products (2019)

Other · Made 2019-11-27

Announcement of the General Administration of Customs on the Requirements for Storage and Transportation of Imported Bulk Edible Vegetable Oil (Announcement No. 147 of the General Administration of Customs in 2025)

Other · Made 2025-07-15

Announcement of the National Certification and Accreditation Administration on the implementation of mutual recognition arrangements for organic product certification in China and New Zealand

Other · Made 2022-02-08

Baotou City Waste Edible Oil Management Regulations

Regulation · Made 2009-04-21

Black Soil Protection Law of the People's Republic of China

Act · Made 2022-06-24

China Food and Nutrition Development Outline (2025-2030)

policy · Made 2025-02-27

China’s No.1 Central Document of 2013 Laying down Opinions of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China and the State Council on Developing Modern Agriculture to Strengthen the Vitality of Rural Areas

policy · Made 2013-01-31

Circular of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Optimizing the Examination and Approval Services during the New Coronavirus Pneumonia Outbreak

Other · Made 2020-02-12

Code for safe storage of grain and oil

Regulation · Made 2016-09-30

Construction plan for grain purchase, storage and supply security (2015 - 2020)

policy · Made 2016-03-23

Decision of the State Council on Amending the Regulation on the Administration of Cotton Quality Supervision

Regulation · Made 2006-07-04

Decree No. 6 of 2023 of the People's Government of Hebei Province promulgating Administrative Measures of Hebei Province for Local Reserve Grains

Regulation · Made 2023-12-07 · Hebei

Detailed rules for application and distribution of cotton import tariff quota in 2020

Regulation · Made 2019-09-29

Detailed rules for application and distribution of sugar import tariff quota in 2020

Regulation · Made 2019-10-13

Detailed rules for application and distribution of sugar import tariff quota in 2022

Regulation · Made 2021-09-30

Detailed Rules for the Administration of Sugar Cane in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Regulation · Made 2002-01-01 · Guangxi

Detailed Rules for the Examination and Approval of Production Licenses for Edible Vegetable Oil

Regulation · Made 2006

Detailed Rules for the Examination and Approval of Production Licenses for Edible Fat Products

Regulation · Made 2006

Detailed Rules for the Examination and Approval of Production Licenses for Sugar

Regulation · Made 2006

Detailed Rules for the Examination and Approval of Production Licenses for Tea-Containing Products

Regulation · Made 2013-08-23

Detailed Rules for the Examination and Approval of Sugar Production Licenses

Regulation · Made 2006

Detailed rules for the implementation of the Measures for the Accreditation of Qualifications of the Enterprises Entrusted with the Storage of Central Grain Reserve

Regulation · Made 2004-11-23

Food Safety Risk Management and Control Checklist (Edible Vegetable Oil Production)

Other · Made 2024-08-07

Food Safety Risk Management and Control Checklist (Edible Animal Fats and Oils Production)

Other · Made 2024-08-07

Food Safety Risk Management and Control Checklist for Tea Production

Other · Made 2024-05-22

Food Safety Risk Management and Control Checklist for the Production of Tea Products

Other · Made 2024-08-07

Food Safety Risk Management and Control Checklist (Sugar Production)

Other · Made 2024-08-07

Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for Cold Chain Logistics Development

policy · Made 2021-11-26

General Specification for the Identification of Assured Grain and Oil Products (T/HPAGS 001-2025)

Other · Made 2025-08-06 · Henan

Guidelines for novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control in oil processing enterprises

Other · Made 2020-02

Guidelines of Shaanxi Province for the Examination and Approval on the Applications for Geographical Indications

Other · Made 2020-04-16 · Shaanxi

Guiding Opinions of the State Administration for Market Regulation on Investigating and Punishing the Illegal Acts of Forcing up Prices during the Prevention and Control of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Outbreak

Other · Made 2020-02-01

Hebei Province Grain Circulation Management Provisions

Regulation · Made 2022-08-18 · Hebei

Hygienic Requirements for the Bulk Transportation of Edible vegetable Oils (National Standard of the People's Republic of China GB44917-2024)

Regulation · Made 2024-10-28

Implementation Rules for Organic Product Certification

Regulation · Made 2019

Implementing Rules for the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Agriculture Part)

Regulation · Made 1999-04-27

Interim Measures for Management of Grain Storage Facility Loans Issued by China Agricultural Development Bank

Regulation · Made 2004-05-10

Interim Measures for the Administration of Import Tariff Quotas of Agricultural Products

Regulation · Made 2003-09-27

Interim Measures for the administration of sugar raw materials

Regulation · Made 2002-06-28

Interim Provisions on Avoiding Mixing Different Fibers in Nature in Cotton Harvest, Sales and Processing

Regulation · Made 2002-10-14

Measures for Administration of Central Cotton Reserves Storage

Regulation · Made 2023-01-03

Measures for Administration of Grain and Oil Storage

Regulation · Made 2009-12-29

Measures for administration of the central fiscal funds for improved crop variety subsidies

Regulation · Made 2009-12-14

Measures for supply and management of grains for military

Regulation · Made 1994-04-04

Measures for the accreditation of qualifications of the enterprises entrusted with the storage of central grain reserve

Regulation · Made 2004-10-08

Repealed

Measures for the Administration of Central Cotton Reserves

Regulation · Made 2024-01-30

Measures for the Administration of Central Sugar Reserve

Regulation · Made 2021-03-05

Measures for the administration of qualifications of the enterprises entrusted with the storage of central grain reserve

Regulation · Made 2017-08-28

Measures for the Administration of Special Account for Cotton Financial Subsidy Funds

Regulation · Made 1998-12-24

Measures for the administration of the National Agricultural Comprehensive Development Funds and Projects (2016)

Regulation · Made 2005-08-22

Measures for the Administration of the Use of Special Marks for Geographical Indications (for Trial Implementation, Announcement No. 354 of the China National Intellectual Property Administration)

Regulation · Made 2020-04-03

Measures for the Financial Management of the State Reserve Cotton

Regulation · Made 1997-03-12

Measures for the management of the State's cotton notarial inspection funds

Regulation · Made 2017-12-30

Measures for the Protection of Foreign Geographical Indication Products

Regulation · Made 2016-03-28

Measures for the Supervision and Administration of the Inspection and Quarantine of Imported and Exported Grain

Regulation · Made 2016-01-20

Measures for the Validation of Key Crop Varieties (2016)

Regulation · Made 2001-02-26

Measures of Anhui Province for the Administration of the Use of Special Marks for Geographical Indication Products (for Trial Implementation)

Regulation · Made 2020-04-16 · Anhui

Measures of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for the Administration of Temporary Storage of Sugar

Regulation · Made 2019-08-09 · Guangxi

Measures of Hebei Province for the Management of Social Responsibility Reserves of Grain Processing Enterprises

Regulation · Made 2024-01-11 · Hebei

Measures of the Agricultural Development Bank of China for the Administration of Financial Subsidy Funds

Regulation · Made 2001-07-20

Measures of the National Development and Reform Commission for the Practice of Temporary Price-Intervention Measures on Some Important Commodities and Services

Regulation · Made 2008-01-15

National Capacity Building Plan for Grain Quality and Safety Inspection and Monitoring (2010 -2015)

policy · Made 2010

National Food Safety Standard - General Rules for Nutrition Labelling of Prepackaged Foods (GB 28050—2025)

Regulation · Made 2025-03-16

National food safety standard on maximum pesticide residue limits in foods (GB2763-2014)

Other · Made 2014-03-20

National Food Safety Standard - Tea (GB 31608-2023)

Regulation · Made 2023-09-06

National food security mid-term and long-term planning framework (2008-2020 )

policy · Made 2008-11-13

National Nutrition Plan (2017-2030)

policy · Made 2017-06-30

National Plan for Emergency Response to Grain Emergencies

policy · Made 2005-06

National standard for food safety - Hygienic specifications for the production of edible vegetable oils and their products (GB8955—2016)

Regulation · Made 2016-12-23

Operation rules of grain loan issued by Agricultural Development Bank of China

Regulation · Made 2001-07-16

Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on deepening reform and strengthening food safety

policy · Made 2019-05

Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Preventing the De-grainization of Cultivated Land and Stabilizing Grain Production

Other · Made 2020-11-18

Order No. 3 of the National Development and Reform Commission of the People's Republic of China—Decision on the release of temporary price intervention measures for some food commodities and services

Regulation · Made 2008-12-01

Outline of the People’s Republic of China 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and Long-Range Objectives for 2035

policy · Made 2021-03-12

Provisional Regulations of the State Grain Administration on Safety Responsibility of Grain and Oil Storage

Regulation · Made 2016-10-20

Provisions Jointly Issued by the State Development and Planning Commission, the State Grain Administration and the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on the Relevant Issues Concerning the Implementation of Quality Standards of Grain and Oil

Regulation · Made 2001-10-15

Provisions on functions, internal institutions and staffing of the State Grain and Materials Reserve Bureau

Regulation · Made 2018-07

Provisions on Licensing of Genetically Modified Cotton Seed Production (2015)

Regulation · Made 2011-09-06

Provisions on the Protection of Geographical Indication Products

Regulation · Made 2005-06-07

Regulation of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Production License for Industrial Products

Regulation · Made 2005-07-09

Regulation of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Food Security

Regulation · Made 2022-10-10 · Xinjiang

Regulation on the Administration of Cotton Quality Supervision

Regulation · Made 2001-08-30

Regulation on the Administration of Sanitation in Public Places

Regulation · Made 1987-04-01

Regulations of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province on the Development of Dehong Coffee Sector

Regulation · Made 2013-02-06 · Yunnan

Regulations of Tianjin Municipality on the administration of domestic waste

Regulation · Made 2020-07-29 · Tianjin

Regulations on the Administration of Central Grain Reserves (2016)

Regulation · Made 2003-08-15

Regulations on the Protection of Basic Farmland

Regulation · Made 1994-08-18

Rules for Examination of Starch Sugar Production Licenses

Regulation · Made 2006

Special Management Measures for Central Budgetary Investment in Storage Facilities for Grain and Other Important Agricultural Products

Regulation · Made 2023-12-22

Standard for Grain Industry of the People's Republic of China LS/T 3112-2017- The Grain & Oil Products of China - Coarse Cereals

Other · Made 2017-09-15

Standard for Grain Industry of the People's Republic of China LS/T 1218-2017- Code for Quality Control for Grain and Oil Products of China

Other · Made 2017-09-08

Standard for Grain Industry of the People's Republic of China LS/T 3111-2017- The Grain & Oil Products of China - Soybean

Other · Made 2017-09-15

Sugar Industry Development Action Plan (2025-2027)

policy · Made 2025-09-18 · Guangxi

White Paper: Food Security in China

policy · Made 2019-10