- This past January, China’s agricultural ministry said one of its priorities over the next five years was to develop cultivated meat — meat grown from animal cells, sometimes referred to as “lab-grown” meat.
- The decrees can be traced back, in part, to Ryan Xue, co-founder and head of the China Plant Based Foods Alliance, which brings together government agencies, researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors to build out the alternative protein industry in China.
- The inclusion of developing cultivated meat and other alternative protein sources in the country’s five-year agricultural plan could also determine the fate of countless animals.
Ryan Xue is cultivating a better meat industry in China
