Published: 10:03am, 18 Feb, 2019 Updated: 8:17pm, 18 Feb, 2019
Swiss - based Syngenta wants to quadruple its market share in mainland China just 20 years after it was acquired by state - run China National Chemical Corporation ( ChemChina ) for $ 43bn . The crop protection and seed policy aims to meet its growth goal within five years through partnerships with both domestic and foreign companies . Since it was acquired in 2017 , it has been working with large state - owned farms and plantation to adopt its advanced crop - growing technology and has been collaborating with Israeli - based Adama seed Solutions . It also seeks to consolidate China 's growing seed industry with has 15,000 firms .