On November 13, 2000, AstraZeneca’s agrochemical business, Zeneca Agrichemicals, and Novartis’ crop protection and seed businesses were separated from the original companies and merged to form Global The most powerful company focusing on agricultural technology - Syngenta.

The new company was listed on the stock exchanges in Switzerland, London, New York and Stockholm. Syngenta is committed to providing more excellent, safe and environmentally friendly innovative solutions for all aspects of food production, supply and processing through unremitting efforts. With sales of approximately US$9.2 billion in 2007, Syngenta is the world's leading crop protection company and ranks third in the field of high-value seeds.

Acquired by China National Chemical Corporation in 2017

In the field of global agricultural science and technology, Syngenta has the most powerful operation and management model. The cross-crop and cross-region marketing capabilities enable it to operate in the global market with ease. Strong R&D capabilities enable it to maintain an innovative edge in the ever-changing industry. The company operates in 90 countries and regions around the world and has approximately 21,000 employees, of which approximately 5,000 are engaged in research and development. Every year, Syngenta invests more than US$800 million in research and development.

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Syngenta

Syngenta’s leading technologies involve many fields, including genome, bioinformatics, crop transformation, synthesis Chemistry, molecular toxicology, as well as environmental science, high-throughput screening, marker-assisted breeding and advanced formulation processing technology. As the world's leading R&D-based agricultural technology company, Syngenta has extensive cooperation with more than 400 universities, research institutions and private companies around the world.

Syngenta is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Martin Taylor serves as chairman; Mike Mack serves as chief executive officer.