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CITIC Agriculture is the strategic planner and implementer of agricultural initiatives within the CITIC Group. The company actively supports the national seed industry revitalization strategy and focuses on crop breeding and seed technology, aiming to build a world-class seed enterprise with global competitiveness. CITIC Agriculture is the largest shareholder of Longping High-Tech. It also owns a significant stake in Longping Development (Brazil), the third-largest corn seed platform in Brazil. The company’s crop breeding business ranks among the top ten globally. Its subsidiaries hold leading positions in the domestic market for hybrid rice, hybrid corn, hybrid grain, and other seeds. CITIC Agriculture is at the forefront of industrializing genetically modified corn, accelerating the application of gene editing technology, and contributing to national food security, seed industry safety, and technological self-reliance in the seed industry.