Seeds occupy the uppermost position in the agricultural production chain, serving as the most fundamental and critical means of production in agriculture and forming the foundation for human survival and development. According to data from the Ministry of Land and Resources, China's per capita cultivated land area is less than 1.4 mu (approximately 0.093 hectares), which is only 40% of the world average. Increasing grain yield has become a fundamental approach to ensuring national food supply security. Grain production relies heavily on seeds, with the seed industry positioned at the starting point of the entire agricultural industry chain, significantly influencing or even determining crop yield and quality. As a major agricultural country, China's seed industry exhibits substantial and stable market demand.
Globally, the seed industry has developed a mature industrial chain comprising three key segments: "breeding-seed production-sales," where the breeding segment serves as the core component of the seed industry. Crop germplasm resources provide the genetic sources for variety improvement and constitute the material basis for cultivating high-quality, high-yield crops. In recent years, advancements in biotechnology and computer technology have driven rapid development in breeding techniques. Agricultural developed countries have entered the era of Breeding 4.0, characterized by "biotechnology + artificial intelligence + big data." Transgenic technology, gene editing technology, whole-genome selection breeding, and genomics represent the core and frontier of international biotechnology breeding research. An active and innovative seed industry landscape is of paramount significance as a fundamental condition for agricultural development.
The globalization of the seed industry continues to tap into the enormous potential of China's seed market. With the gradual opening of the seed market, multinational seed companies will inevitably exert greater pressure on the domestic seed industry, thereby promoting its adaptation to the industrial development environment and fostering the growth of a distinctive national seed industry with Chinese characteristics.
CnOpenData presents the China Seed Import and Export Information Data, covering China's seed import and export approval information over the past decade. The dataset includes fields such as Applicant Unit (申请单位), Import/Export Country (进出口国家), Crop Name (作物名称), Seed Supplier (供种单位), Export Unit (出口单位), and Application Date (申请日期).
Time Period
- Seed Import Information Table: 2010.1.21–2024.12.31
- Seed Export Information Table: 2012.12.5–2024.12.31
- This dataset can be updated as needed
Data Scale
Field Display
Sample Data
China Seed Import Information Table
China Seed Export Information Table
Data Update Frequency
Annual updates