The Chinese Crop Protection Industry Association (CCPIA) established three pesticide products consortiums at the third conference of the 8th CCPIA council. These three products are chlorothalonil, carbendazim and mancozeb.

Director-general of the Association Luo Haizhang hopes that the consortiums will extend the life-cycle of the products and improve the competitiveness of Chinese versions of the pesticide in the global market.

More than 600 pesticides were registered in China, but only dozens of generic products were frequently sold in the market. These generic products are: imidacloprid, glyphosate, paraquat, avermectin, 2,4-D, chlorpyrifos, chlorothalonil, carbendazim, mancozeb, acetochlor, acephate.

As one of the leading producer and exporter in the world, China has strong influence on the supply and demand. It is obligate for China to maintain the market order by improving technology and management.

The CCPIA has already set up consortiums for some products includingimidacloprid, glyphosate, paraquat, avermectin, 2,4-D. With the establishment of these consortiums, a platform was constituted for the communications and solutions among the industry. The newly founded consortium will operate on following aspect: the collections of the information on the industry and the analysis on the market tendency; the suggestions and proposals on the policies and regulations; the discussion on the improvement of the manufacturing technology and environmental issues; struggling against the illegal and counterfeit products; collaboration on the registration affairs; the improvement on the after service.