During June 2003 and July 2003, the UK launched its first nationwide debate project on Genetically Modified crops and its commercialization, called “GM Nations?”. This project has received more than 50 000 people's direct involvement in the UK and has made a profound impact on public engagement with science and public risk management. However, there are rare academic papers for the comprehensive introduction and analysis of this project in the Chinese context. This paper starts with the background of GM Nations, and further analyzes the specific characteristics of this project, and the benign outputs and deficiencies of this project appearing in the implementation process, in order to provide experience and lessons for the coming similar public debate projects in China in the field of Genetically Modified Food or other controversial scientific issues.

public engagement with science  /  Genetically Modified Food  /  public debate  /  polls