Covers -- Editorial advisory board -- Guest editorial -- Economic impacts of commercializing insect-resistant GM maize in China -- The value of a novel biotechnology -- Scientists' attitudes toward agricultural GM technology development and GM food in China -- Attitudes toward GM foods,biotechnology R& -- D investment and lobbying activities among agribusiness firms in the food, feed, chemical and seed industriesin China -- Changing attitudes toward genetically modified foods in urban China -- Can product-information disclosure increase Chinese consumer's willingness to pay for GM foods? The case of Fad-3 GM lamb -- Impact of government science and technology policies with a focus on biotechnology research on commercial agricultural innovation in China -- Promise, problems and prospects:agri-biotech governance in China, India and Japan.