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Milestones in the development of China's pesticide industry.

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China is an agricultural country with a large population. Food and clothing have always been the primary issues that need to be resolved in the development of China's national economy. Therefore, the pesticide industry has always gotten a lot of attentions from the Chinese government. Up to now, by relying on its own efforts, China can produce more than 300 varieties of pesticide (technical) products and has invented more than 30 varieties of new pesticides that have gotten registration certificates or temporary registration certificates, and invented six pesticides for which intellectual property rights have yet to be requested. Over 6 000 types of pesticide formulations have granted registration certificates or temporary registration certificates in China. Among them, over 250 varieties of pesticides technical and over 3 000 types of pesticide formulations have been put into regular use and can fully meet Chinese farmers' needs and have even been exported in large amounts.

1. In the initial development stage

In 1950, Sichuan Luzhou Chemical Factory constructed a new dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) plant and put it into operation in 1951. It was China's first pesticide plant.

Benzene hexachloride (BHC) developed jointly by North China Institute of Agricultural Science and Shanghai Pesticide Machinery Factory was also put into production in 1951. Later, camphechlor developed by Zhejiang Research Institute of Chemical Industry was put into production in Zhejiang, Fujian and Anhui provinces. In 1957, Yianjin Pesticide Factory established the production plant of China's first organic phosphorus insecticide--parathion.

In 1962, Prof. Yang Shixian set up the Institute of Element-Organic Chemistry at Nankai University in Tianjin that carried out studies...

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