News on The Potato Supply Chain from China

Potato field in China
April 28, 2025
16th Potato Industry Development Conference in Tengzhou in Eastern China promoted industrial investment
The 16th Tengzhou Potato Industry Development Conference was recently held in Tengzhou, located in the Shandong Province in Eastern China, to promote industrial investments and tap development potential. 
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January 13, 2025
New process to turn potato in a rice-like product could unlock a new market in China
'Potato-turned rice', a rice-shaped starch product made from potatoes using a new processing technology, is undergoing initial production and sales tests in southwest China's Yunnan Province. 
China’s sets out on a mission to protect potatoes from climate change
January 04, 2025
China Sets Out on a Mission to Protect Potatoes from Climate Change
Chinese scientists are working urgently to safeguard potato crops - a critical food source worldwide - against the growing threat of climate change. 
Professor Lyu Dianqiu leads the technical research team
January 24, 2024
China: developments in new technology for virus detection in just 5 minutes
China develops a new method for detecting viruses in potatoes capable of providing results in just 5 minutes.
WPC President Peter VanderZaag, and Mr. Xiaoping Lu, WPC International Advisor and retired Director of the CIP-China Centre for Asia and Pacific (CCCAP).
November 15, 2023
World Potato Congress President Peter VanderZaag addresses the 13th Annual Chinese Potato Expo held in Shandong Province, China.
WPC President Peter VanderZaag was honoured to receive an invitation to deliver an address at the Chinese Potato Expo, held in Shandong Province
China: Average Wholesale Prices of Fresh Potatoes (RMB/kg)
July 18, 2023
China: Frozen French Fry Exports Exceed Imports
Fresh potato production for MY 2022/23 (September to August) is forecast at 93 million metric tons (MMT), a small decrease from the estimated 95 MMT produced in MY 2021/22 owing to reduced acreage.
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Veg of lund receives a Swedish patent protecting the company's plant-based ice cream
July 10, 2023
Veg of Lund signs letter of intent to sell its DUG potato based dairy alternatives in China
Veg of Lund has signed a Letter of Intent with Haofood Shanghai Food Technology Co., Ltd. The companies will cooperate with the common goal of selling, marketing and distributing Veg of Lund’s products - potato based dairy alternatives - under the DUG® brand in China early in 2024.
Jianmin Xie, International Advisor at World Potato Congress Inc
July 09, 2023
World Potato Congress Inc. welcomes Jianmin Xie as International Advisor.
The World Potato Congress Inc. Board Of Directors announced Mr. Jianmin Xie in a key role as an International Advisor.
China’s total arable land has decreased amid rapid urbanisation in recent decades, but the trend has reversed for the past two years
June 23, 2023
China bans 'one-size-fits-all' approach to farmland reclamation amid food security drive
China’s top land use regulator has warned local authorities against blunt efforts to reassign land for crops amid a national push for food security.
BRI Agri Institute Launched To Rev Up Potato Industry
June 07, 2023
Eleven Belt and Road countries create a potato industry network, propose a joint Potato Germplasm Resource Bank
In a bid to turbocharge the potato industry, 11 Belt and Road (BRI) countries including China and Pakistan have joined international universities, companies and organisations to launch an international network on the potato industry at a forum held recently at China's Southwest University.
A farmer holding two potatoes poses for a picture in Hongrui Village of Pingluo County, Shizuishan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 2, 2021
March 20, 2023
NW China's 'potato land' embraces new technology
As the potato-planting season approaches, baby potatoes from northwest China's Xiji County are making their way to the fields of farmers across the country's major potato-producing area.
Challenges and opportunitiesfor HZPC in China
February 28, 2023
Challenges and opportunities for potato company HZPC in China
Exceptional weather conditions, strict corona measures and political elections. Potato company HZPC has been involved in China since the beginning of this century, but as in the Netherlands, every year is different.
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Growing potatoes in rice paddies is a sustainable intensification in Southern China
With approximately 19% of the global population and just 9% of the world’s arable land, China has long sought to improve food production and, in recent decades, potatoes have played an increasingly important role in that quest.
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Historic display of U.S. chipping potatoes at a tradeshow in China
November 27, 2021
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