Framework and guiding principles of index system construction of green agriculture in China

In this paper, we argued that green agriculture or green food safety law was the basis of agricultural product quality safety law which was in turn the basis of food safety law. Green agriculture was presented as the main stream of modern agricultural development. Green food was then to replace safe/organic foods. With the establishment of green agriculture international alliance, accelerated internationalization of green agriculture and green food was critical for the present and future agricultural development in China. We suggested a sped-up establishment of the framework and guiding principles of China's green agriculture index system construction to lay the theoretical basis for building and assessing green agriculture. The framework and guiding principles of standard systems to establish China's green agriculture was also critical for laying constructive guidelines for the formulation of food safety standards at departmental and professional levels, which would speed up the comprehensive formulation of China's food safety standards.