China cashes in on the cannabis boom | World News, The Indian Express

China cashes in on the cannabis boom | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Published: May 5, 2019 7:45:24 am

China cashes in on the cannabis boom

Two of China’s 34 regions are quietly leading a boom in cultivating cannabis to produce cannabidiol, or CBD, the nonintoxicating compound that has become a consumer health and beauty craze in the United States and beyond.

Tian Wei, the director of Hemp Soul, a factory in Shanchong, in the Yunnan Province of China, March 27, 2019. Legalization has little chance of coming to China, but companies have begun cultivating the plant to meet overseas demand for cannabidiol, or CBD. (Steven Lee Myers/The New York Times)

By Steven Lee Myers