Study Of New Zealand’s GMO Safety Legal Regime

The scientific progress and production benefits brought by GM technology are enormous,and in China GM technology has been widely used in agriculture,planting and other food production fields.However,as with environmental issues,society has always maintained doubts and concerns about GM technology based on scientific uncertainty,and the development of GM technology is indeed accompanied by various biosafety issues such as environmental risks,moral risks and health risks.Therefore,strong legal regulation of GM practices is key to balancing the two.New Zealand is known as the most beautiful country in the southern hemisphere and prides itself on its image as a "clean" and "green" country.This paper focuses on New Zealand’s legal regime on genetic modification,analysing its origins,development and implementation,and summarising the features and merits of the regime’s development,in order to draw lessons for the improvement and perfection of the GMO safety regime in China.The New Zealand legal system for the safety of genetically modified organisms is based on the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act and the Biosafety Act,which form the main legal governance system for the safety of genetically modified organisms in New Zealand.The legal controls range from the development of GM technology to the commercialisation of GM products.It is clear from this that New Zealand has a relatively cautious attitude and a comprehensive system for dealing with GM biosafety issues,but also identifies problems with the system in terms of public participation,culture and ethics,which,when summarised and analysed,can provide experience for the improvement of the evaluation system,public participation system and relevant legislation for the construction of a biosafety system in China.