The highly diverse biogeography of China presents opportunities for many invasive alien insects. However, physical and climate barriers sometimes prevent locally occurring species from spreading. China has 560 confirmed invasive alien species; 125 species are insect pests, and 92 species damage the agricultural ecosystem. The estimated annual economic loss due to alien invasive species is more than $18.9 billion.

Recently, researchers at State Key Laboratory of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS have published a review paper on Annual Review of Entomology about the invasion and management of agricultural alien insects in China. In this review, the new pathways for invasive insects was introduced and a profile of insect invasions in China by insect family, source, time sequence, and geography was drawn. The list of the invasive alien insect pests (IAIPs) in China was available. The invasiveness of IAIPs from the viewpoint of inherent superiority and mutualist facilitation and the invasibility of agricultural ecosystems from the viewpoint of cropping system complexity, land usage patterns, and geographic and climate barriers was reviewed. IAIP management in China was also addressed, in terms of establishing legislation guidelines to early warning, monitoring, spread blocking, and biological controlling. Finally, a number of future directions for research on biological invasions in China were suggested.



More details are available on the bellow links:
http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-ento-010715-023916