China announces the publication of the first version of future cotton standards soon. This initiative is part of a comprehensive set of principles and criteria for delivering high quality products.

As it steps up its efforts to create its own brand of cotton, China is set to release its own version of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) standards soon. Through Zhongnong Guoji, a Beijing-based cotton service provider, the planned cotton program "is expected to establish China's own industrial standards with the aim of nurturing high-quality development and promoting the digitalization of cotton." entire cotton industry, said Luo Yan, secretary general of the Xinjiang Cotton Digital Research Center, supported by Zhongnong Guoji.
He continues, “After years of living under the pressure of BCI standards, we just want to create our own cotton brand to have a much bigger say in the cotton and textile industry.” According to experts, the current technical requirements of the BCI, such as banning the use of certain pesticides that were already banned in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region more than 30 years ago, are quite weak and mainly concern the control of cotton resources rather than the certification of quality cotton.