June 26, 2017 Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Swiss giant Syngenta AG was elected chairman of China National Chemical Corporation Ren Jianxing, which was the result of the actual acquisition of Syngenta AG by the Chinese corporation.
Syngenta AG is a Swiss company, one of the leaders in the field of plant protection products and seed production. The company was formed in November 2000 as a result of the merger of the agro-subdivisions of Novartis AG and AstraZeneca Plc. The company's headquarters are in Basel (Switzerland). More than 27 thousand employees of the company work in 90 countries of the world, including Russia.
Syngenta AG is one of the largest creators and manufacturers of GMO plants. The main partners of Syngenta AG are Monsanto, BASF, Bayer and DuPont.
