The 6 th Annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology & Bioprocessing Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 19-22, 2009 Paper title: Acceptance of Genetically Modified rice in Shanxi Province, China. H. De Steur Hans.DeSteur@UGent.be (address for correspondence) J. Viaene Jacques.Viaene@UGent.be X. Gellynck Xavier.Gellynck@UGent.be Paper presenter: Abbreviations GMF: Genetically Modified Food GMR: Genetically Modified Rice NTD: Neural-Tube Defects WTA: Willingness-to-accept Prof. dr. ir. Jacques Viaene Division Agro-Food marketing, Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Belgium Coupure Links 653 B-9000 Ghent, Belgium Tel.: +32 (0)9 264 59 44 Fax.: +32 (0)9 264 62 46 Email: Jacques.Viaene@UGent.be