The 12th International rapeseed Congress was held in Wuhan, China (march 2007). Four years after the previous congress organized in Copenhagen, this conference has definitively confirmed the general interest for using rapeseed as raw material for biofuel. It has been a favoured place for making a well-documented point about the possible valorizations of the rapeseed products in food, feed, and non food areas. Last developments in agronomy, crop protection, breeding and biotechnology have been also presented and discussed.