Gao Haoyu
United StatescriminalMale3.0Global Dominance: 0.02%Gao Haoyu is a Chinese national who was involved in illegally selling New Zealand's Sungold kiwifruit variety in China. Despite facing legal battles and financial penalties, he has claimed that his motivations were rooted in altruism, seeking to benefit Chinese farmers with better fruit varieties.
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Gao Haoyu owned a Sungold orchard in New Zealand and was licensed to grow and sell the variety there.
Asia’s fruit wars: The secretive world of plant invention and seed smugglingCNN·United States· 2026-09-19
United States· 2026-09-19
