据国际农业生物技术应用服务组织（ISAAA）估计，1996～2000年5年间，全球的转基因作物从2 550万亩增加到66 300万亩，增加了25倍之多；种植转基因作物的国家数量由6个增加到13个（8个工业化国家和5个发展中国家），增加1倍多；5年间全球转基因作物面积的85％种植在工业化国家 According to the International Association of Agricultural Biotechnology Applications Services (ISAAA), the global GM crops have risen from 25.5 million mu to 66.3 million mu in the five years from 1996 to 2000, an increase of 25 times. The number of countries planting GM crops has increased from 6 to 13 (8 industrialized countries and 5 developing countries), more than doubled; 85% of the global area of ​​genetically modified crops in five years planted in industrialized countries