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China began to tackle the problem in 2015, with a campaign to halt growth in use of chemicals by 2020. While use of pesticides and fertilisers had dropped by 16.8% and 13.8% respectively by 2021, the country is still using too much and inefficiently, the ministry added.

Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals (ICAMA) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) in China is responsible for pesticide registration management, pesticide import, and export management, pesticide supervision.

The Regulations makes clear obligations of users of the pesticide. Users shall not use pesticides beyond the range of application or recommended dosage. Extremely-toxic and highly -toxic pesticides are not allowed to use in edible agricultural products. The management system for the use of pesticides has been improved.

A: The Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals under the Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) regulates pesticides manufactured and marketed in China.

To feed 20% of the world's population with only 7% of the world's arable land, China has a heavy reliance on chemical pesticides to maintain high-level crop yields and long-term capital gains (Li et al., 2020). China has become the world's largest consumer of chemical pesticides.

Of the 1.2 billion pounds of pesticides used in US agriculture in 2016, approximately 322 million pounds were pesticides banned in the EU, 40 million pounds were pesticides banned in China and nearly 26 million pounds were pesticides banned in Brazil.

As of December 31, 2021, the total number of registered pesticide products in China is more than 44,700 (including public health pesticide products), and the number of registered active ingredients is 727, of which herbicides account for 23%.

As of December 31, 2021, the total number of registered pesticide products in China is more than 44,700 (including public health pesticide products), and the number of registered active ingredients is 727, of which herbicides account for 23%.