China accelerates project to set up its own cotton standards: media chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-04-16 16:45 Share CLOSE A farmer picks cotton in a field in Hami, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in the fall of 2020. [Photo by Pilates/For chinadaily.com.cn] China has stepped up plans to launch a domestic cotton project, forming its own national standards on cotton, according to people familiar with the matter, South China Morning Post reported on Thursday. Zhongnong Guoji, a Beijing-based cotton vertical service provider, started the Weilai Cotton, or future cotton project, two years ago, and has made some progress since January when two organizations – the China Fashion Association and the Modern Seeds Development Fund – became involved, according to SCMP, citing Zhao Yan, one of the coordinators for the project.