About this episode

The episode explores China's potential shift from being a net food importer to a net food exporter of animal proteins, based on a consultation paper by SystemIQ.

China is currently the world's largest importer of agricultural products, buying 60% of globally traded soy. But a 2026 consultation paper by SystemIQ argues China may be approaching a turning point. In the coming decades, China could shift from being a net food importer to net food exporter of animal proteins. We dive into the analysis with the paper's authors to see how plausible that scenario might be, what it would take to get there including the role of alternative proteins in that futur...

Topics covered

• China's food future
• agricultural imports
• animal proteins
• alternative proteins
• food systems

Keywords

• China
• food import
• soy
• animal proteins
• alternative proteins
• agriculture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SystemIQ

Places: China

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