China has experienced an invasion of more than 20 species alien to the country in the past decade and the situation shows signs of worsening, scientists warned on Sunday.

China is one of the countries that suffer most from alien invasive species and has recorded more than 400 such species so far, said Guo Yu Yuan, researcher of the Institute of Plant Protection of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

More than half of the 100 dangerous alien species listed by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) has been found in China, said Guo, who is also academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, at a symposium in Fuzhou, capital of east China's Fujian Province.

The invasion of alien species is on the rise in China with fast-growing foreign trade, and has brought about more and more biological problems, said Xie Lianhui, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Wan Fanghao, an official with the ministry of agriculture, said ...

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