BEIJING, Feb 14 (Reuters) - China's agriculture ministry issued guidelines on Friday to promote biotech cultivation from 2024 to 2028, a ministry statement showed.

The focus will be on developing precision gene-editing tools with independent intellectual property and enhancing key cultivation technologies, the statement said.

The plan also includes cultivating high-yield, high-quality, multi-resistant, and adaptable varieties of rice, wheat, corn, saline-tolerant crops, and high-oil soybeans.

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