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September, 2013
Beijing Lantron was awarded 5 star most trustworthy company by Beijing Seed Enterprise Association at September 2013.

July, 2013
Beijing Lantron was elected as one of 56 China’ s leading key seed companies, ranking 22th overall.

August, 2012
Beijing Lantron is named the key leading enterprise of agricultural industry in city of Beijing by Beijing Municipal Rural Work Committee and the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission.

November 2011
Zhongke 11 and Zhongke 4 both rank among the top 6 corn hybrids by acreage grown in China

October 2011
Beijing Lantron Seed was given AAA credit ratings by China Seed Enterprise Association

March 2011 
Zhongke 11 was nominated by Ministry of Agriculture as the highly recommended corn hybrid to grow three years in a row (2009-2011).

October 2010
Beijing Lantron Seed was elected as China’s key seed companies

March 2010
Zhongke 11 was nominated by Ministry of Agriculture of China as the highly recommended corn hybrid to grow for the second year.

January 2010
Zhongke 10 and Lantron 3 were granted the new variety PVP (Plant Variety Protection, a utility patent for plant variety) by the National Plant Protection Bureau.

September 2009
Zhongke 11 was granted the new variety PVP by the National Plant Protection Bureau.

January 2009
 Zhongke 11 was nominated by Ministry of Agriculture of China as the highly recommended corn hybrid to grow.
Beijing Lantron Seed was certified by ISO that its quality management system is in conformity with GB/T19001-2000idtISO9001:2000 standard.
The Chinese website www.lantron.cn was launched.

December 2008
Beijing Lantron was certified as High-tech Enterprise by Beijing Municipality Council.
Beijing Lantron’s “Early maturity and high population density tolerance corn hybrid breeding and commercialization” project was endorsed and funded by Science and Technology Committee of Beijing municipality.

November 2008
A wholly owned subsidiary, Beijing Lantron Henan, was setup at Zhengzhou, Henan Province October 2008
Beijing Lantron Seed Hainan Experiment Station opened. 
Zhongke 4 and Zhongke 11 were both honored as “Variety of the Year” by National Seed Information and Trade Association.
 
August 2008
“High starch and high population density tolerance corn hybrid breeding and commercialization” project was approved and funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of China.
Lantron 5 was granted the license to commercialize nationwide as new maize variety by the National Variety Approval Committee. The “Lantron” trademark was granted by The State Trademark Office. December 2007
Zhongke 11 ranks first of all participating corn hybrids of Huang-huai Corn Belt in “The National Maize Yield Contest” organized by China Seed Enterprise Association.
Zhongke 4, rank among the top three corn varieties by acreage in Henan Province and Anhui Province, and rank among the top eight maize varieties by acreage nationally.
Beijing Lantron Seed was awarded "2007 annual integrity and law-abiding enterprise" (one of 30) and the certificate of 2008 Seed Quality Inspection Exempt Enterprise (one of  8) by Office of Seed Enterprise Administration of Zhengzhou City. 

April 2007
Beijing Lantron Seed was granted license to operate and sell crop seeds nationwide by the Ministry of Agriculture of China. 
Zhongke 11 was granted the license to commercialize nationwide as new maize variety by the National Variety Approval Committee. It was granted the license to sell as introduced variety in Inner Mongolia area in June 2008 by the State Variety Approval Committee.
Zhongke 11 was listed as one of key high-density high-yield corn varieties to promote during the eleventh five-year economic plan period in the No 5 document of Ministry of Agriculture of China.
Zhongke 10 was approved to sell as new variety by National Variety Approval Committee; it was approved to sell in Hunan Province on March 2007 and in Hubei Province on March 2008.

March 2007
Beijing Lantron was awarded the “The Most Trustworthy Seed Enterprise of the Year” title by Zhumadian City Seed Enterprise Supervision Office.

February 2007
Lantron 1 was approved to sell as new variety at Liaoning Province by Provincial Variety Approval Committee of Liaoning Province. It was approved to sell as Introduced variety in Shanxi Province, Inner Mongolia area in June 2008. 

January 2007
Zhongke 1 and Zhongke 4 were granted the new variety PVP or by acreage Patent by the National Plant Protection Bureau. 

September 2006
Beijing Lantron participate in The National Spark Program, which lists Zhongke 4 as high-yielding and early maturity corn hybrid for National Commercialization Promotion by Ministry of Science and Technology of China April 2006
Lantron 2 was approved to sell at Henan Province by Provincial Variety Approval Committee. It was approved to sell at Hebei Province in March 2007. 
Lantron 3 was approved to sell at Shandong Province by Provincial Variety Approval Committee. It was approved to sell at Shaanxi Province in April 2007. It was approved to sell as Introduced variety in Inner Mongolia area in June 2008 and in Henan Province in March 2009.
Lantron 4 was approved to sell at Hebei Province by Provincial Variety Approval Committee. It was approved to sell as introduced variety in Tianjin Municipality March 2007.


June 2005
Zhongke 2 was granted the license to commercialize as new maize variety by the National Variety Approval Committee. It was granted the license to sell at Henan Province in April 2005 and in Inner Mongolia area in May 2006.

May 2005
Beijing Lantron Seed was certified as Beijing High-tech Enterprise by Science and Technology Committee of Beijing Municipality.
Zhongke 1, Zhongke 2, Zhongke 4, and Zhongke 8 were certified as Beijing High-tech Products by Science and Technology Committee of Beijing Municipality.

April 2005
Beijing Lantron Seed Co., Ltd. was incorporated which integrated part of the assets of Beijing Zhongke Huatai Technology Co., Ltd.
Zhongke 1 silage corn was approved as new maize variety by Beijing Crop Variety Approval Committee. February 2005
Zhongke 8 was approved to sell as new maize variety by Hunan Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee and was approved by Tianjin Municipality Variety Approval Committee in December 2005 and was approved as introduced variety in Shanxi Province in April 2007.

January 2005
Zhongke 9 was approved as new maize variety by Tianjin Municipality Crop Variety Approval Committee.

May 2004
The second experimental station of Zhengzhou Research Center opened.
Beijing Lantron participated in The National Spark Program, which lists Zhongke 1 as a grain + silage new variety for national commercialization Promotion by Ministry of Science and Technology of China April 2004
Zhongke 4 was approved as new maize variety by Henan Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee and by Anhui Province in March 2004 and was approved as introduced variety by Shaanxi Province in April 2005 and by Shandong Province and Shanxi Province in April 2006.

September 2003
Beijing Lantron undertook agriculture restructure project of the Ministry of Agriculture, the project which focus on Development of Grain and Silage Corn Breeding and Efficient Production Technology.

March 2003
Zhongke 1 was approved as new maize variety by Anhui Provincial Variety Approval Committee and was approved as introduced maize variety by Anhui Province in April 2004.

October 2001
Zhengzhou Research Center and Zhengzhou Experiment Station opened.

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