Cultivated meat and related technologies have been pinpointed as areas for R&D investment under China’s 14th Five-Year Plan, marking the first time alt-protein has been specifically mentioned in relation to the top-level economic development guidelines issued by the country’s government. “Future food” is among several “frontier and cross-disciplinary technologies” outlined in a new policy document published by China’s Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Affairs which sets out agricultural policy objectives under the 14th Five-Year Plan.
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