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From Mandatory Compliance to Systemic Trust
An Academic Interpretation of China’s 2026 Agricultural Quality Safety Reform On 1 February 2026 , China will formally implement the Administrative Measures for the Agricultural Product Quality Safety Commitment Certificate . Under this regulation, seven major categories of agricultural products —vegetables, fruits, livestock, poultry, eggs, and aquaculture products—will be required to circulate with a legally binding quality and safety commitment certificate. From a regulato
Leo Cheung
3 days ago4 min read
Lianshi - From Navigation to Productivity:
Why Precision Steering Is Becoming Exportable Agricultural Infrastructure** In agricultural technology, the most important innovations are often the least dramatic. They do not look revolutionary.They do not shout for attention.Yet they quietly reshape how farming actually works. Precision steering systems fall exactly into this category. And when examined carefully, systems developed by Lianshi reveal something important: precision steering is no longer a feature — it is be
Leo Cheung
Jan 103 min read
A New Chapter Begins: Reflections on the Beijing GI Brand Authorization Seminar
There are moments that don’t feel big when they happen —yet later, you realize they marked a turning point. The National Geographical Indication Brand Authorization Seminar , co-organized with the National Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing, was one of those moments for me and for IGSO. It wasn’t just another meeting. It was a rare alignment of vision, responsibility, and possibility — a moment when Hong Kong and Mainland stakeholders sat at the same table to discuss s
Leo Cheung
Dec 27, 20254 min read
Post-Covid: Why the World Suddenly Needed Trusted Agriculture and Why IGSO Became Inevitable
When Covid hit, the disruptions were immediate and overwhelming.But beyond the obvious health and economic shock, something deeper happened — something that permanently changed the agricultural world. For the first time in modern history, everyone — governments, retailers, and consumers — began asking fundamental questions about food: Is it safe? Who touched it? How did it travel? Could the virus be transmitted through packaging? What happens if the supply chain stops? Food
Leo Cheung
Dec 19, 20254 min read
What a Smart Fridge Taught Us About the Future of Agriculture (2018)
A Founder’s Blog on the Early Days of Innovation In 2018, long before anyone imagined how fragile global supply chains could become, our team decided to take a wildly ambitious step: we wanted to reinvent how people buy fruit. Not by building a new brand. Not by opening a retail shop. But by building a Smart Fridge — yes, an actual IoT machine — that could sense fruit, tell stories, change prices remotely, and essentially become the “smartest” refrigerator in the produce wor
Leo Cheung
Dec 12, 20253 min read
Why We Founded IGSO: The Beginning of a Global Growers Movement (2018)
IGSO Inauguration 2018 https://www.hk01.com/%E6%95%99%E7%85%AE/204204/%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E9%9B%AA%E6%AB%83-%E6%B0%B4%E6%9E%9C%E8%B2%A9%E8%B3%A3%E6%A9%9F%E6%95%99%E4%BD%A0%E6%8F%80%E7%94%9F%E6%9E%9C-igso%E6%88%90%E7%AB%8B%E7%9B%9C%E7%B5%95%E6%B0%B4%E6%9E%9C%E5%86%92%E7%89%8C%E8%B2%A8 When we began the journey that would later become IGSO, we were not thinking about complex technologies, certification systems, or international policy frameworks.In 2018 , the motivation was far
Leo Cheung
Dec 5, 20254 min read
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