From 2021 to 2025, China’s No. 1 Central Document has outlined plans for the industrialization and application of biological breeding for five consecutive years. General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized accelerating the industrialization and application of biological breeding. Driven by relevant policies, new technologies and products such as gene editing and multi-gene stacking have emerged in large numbers, and the industrialization process has entered a "fast track". Up to now, 59 independently developed transformation events have been granted safety certificates for production and application.

The rapid development of genetically modified (GM) crop industrialization is inseparable from the support of GMO detection technology, which is a strategic cornerstone for the safe development of the national biological breeding industry. By establishing an accurate and efficient GMO detection system, scientific and authoritative identification evidence can be provided for GM products with independent intellectual property rights developed domestically, accelerating the industrialization process of GM crops.

In September 2025, the First National Youth Academic Exchange Meeting on Agricultural GMO Detection System was successfully held in Shanghai. Young scientific and technological backbones from 42 ministerial-level GMO testing institutions, research institutes and universities across the country gathered to discuss GMO detection. To commemorate this important historical moment, the Editorial Office of Current Biotechnology plans to publish a Special Issue on GMO Detection Technology in July 2026, reviewing and summarizing the research progress in the field of GMO detection technology in China, with the aim of promoting exchanges and development within the industry.

This special issue is honored to invite Dr. Chen Hong, Director of the Certification Division of the Science and Technology Development Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, as the Editor-in-Chief, and Dr. Lü Beibei, Researcher from the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, as the Executive Editor. We sincerely invite experts and young scholars in the GMO detection field to contribute review articles or research papers on the progress in their respective areas. Thank you for your support!

Publication Date: July 25, 2026

Deadline for Submission: February 10, 2026

Submission Website: www.swjsjz.cn (click "Author Login")

Note: Please mark "Call for Papers: Special Issue on GMO Detection Technology" on your submission.

Thank you for your support!

Editorial Office of Current Biotechnology

December 2025