China’s development strategies make it abundantly clear that now is a time of big health. As the 14th Five Year Plan puts emphasis on prioritizing agricultural and rural development, stepping up biosafety, and raising safety standards of foods, drugs, and other products and services that closely link to people’s livelihood, and the central government has on multiple occasions advocated for adopting an all-encompassing approach to agriculture and food, the agriculture and food industry is at the threshold of a great boom, and its effect will ripple through the global market and bring about innovation and evolvement of the entire industry.

As a leading full-service law firm practicing in an entire gamut of industries, we have also maintained a solid level of activity in the agriculture and food sphere. Our well-honed capabilities help manufacturers, traders, related warehousing and logistics enterprises, and e-commerce platforms handle varied traditional and emerging issues, delivering services covering allowance of foreign investment into the Chinese market, genetically modified food, food security, quality and safety of agricultural products, commodities trading, food safety, environmental protection, safe production, supply chain management, import and export control, advertising compliance, intellectual property, capital operation, and dispute resolution, among others. By virtue of this extensive range, we have amassed considerable practice experience. Our presence is also as impressive as our service coverage. All our offices in China boast deep benches and ability to offer bilingual services in Chinese and English to clients at home and abroad.

In agriculture, our work reaches seeds, agricultural products, imported flowers, imported deciduous trees, greeneries, fruits, and other subsectors, and our clients include right holders, importers, breeders, distributors, and investors of new plant varieties, among other players in the market. In the food area, we act as legal counsel on a retainer basis for brand holders, importers, agents, processors, distributors, and other participants in the food industry chain, covering various subsectors such as dietary supplements, snack foods, frozen foods, drinks, seasonings, raw food materials, catering, and food processing.