Appeal for Genetically modified rice

Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods produced from organisms that have had specific changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_food).
Now days, there around 23 GM plant (http://www.disabled-world.com/fitness/gm-foods.php) are produced in the lab or have been planted in the field, there are more than one hundreds varieties have passed the FDA test (http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/fcn/fcnNavigation.cfm?rpt=bioListing&displayAll=true), some of GM foods are available in the supermarket.
However, the prevalence of GM is not means the people are willing to accept the GM food; China seems are one of the countries that people concerns about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their food, especially in the rice. Recently, Qifa Zhang (http://qifa.ncpgr.cn/), who is one of the academicians of the Chinese academy of sciences, also one of the Foreign Associates of National Academy of Sciences, said, there are 61 academicians suggested the China government should not handicap the GM rice. Compare to the scientists, netizens wary this thing a lot. Some of them even said Qifa Zhang and colleagues are traitors. Because of the terrific uproar, none of the govern officer want to be the responsible one.
I’m one of the student, got my PHD from Qifa‘s Lab, I know him much better than other netizens, I think he is a good scientist and want to contribute his motherland, he is not going to benefit himself from the GM rice.
I also think the netizens are not wanting to against with Qifa, nor with the GM itself, they just want to express their dissatisfaction with the government. They are not satisfy with the current situation, although, compare to the previous years, most Chinese people get a better life. Since the financial crisis start at 2007, more and more small factories in China cannot sale it’s products as much as previous, cannot get a good price as high as previous, while the workers require a much better salary, all these kind of factors let these kind of small factories are hard surviving. Then, more and more money flow to real estate which let the price for buying an apartment or even a studio would stretch on forever for young grad student. Under this kind of situation, people are willing to agree that there is some trick thing under the table such as GM rice.
From the view of science, I think the GM is one of the good thing that for global.
First, the population size increased a lot during past decades (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population), the situation is serious, especially in Africa.
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However, since the past Green Revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution), the yields of crops are not increased as fast as before.
Wheat_yields_in_developing_countries_1951-2004
Compare to the increase of population size, the increase of crops are not enough, which means, if we not change the situation, with the passage of time, more and more people will suffer hunger.
Second, fertilizer and pesticides are used too much to let the environment kept as good as nature. The situation may under control in USA or European, but very serious in China. The figure show a generally picture of rivers in China.
lake_are_polluted
More and more Chinese people notice it is important to solve the pollution, and reduce the usage of fertilizer and pesticides is one of the most important way, which GM rice may help a lot.
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The figure shows that bugs are died in the GM sheath.
Third, since China has very limited filed compare to the huge population, people are willing to plant crops in the leanest land. GM crops are the best way to let them have a higher yield.