It's news to me that any GMO pepper is licensed in the US. US field trials, I think so, maybe 12. But I'm pretty sure there are still no licenses to produce and sell any GM pepper variety for human or animal consumption,.
I bet China has developed several; they are putting much more money into GE crop research than the US government and multinational corporations combined. I've read that they are developing crop varieties and "keeping them in the bank".
HOWEVER, they have not started production with any yet because their own people object to GM food. They say that that we (the USA) are trying to poison them with our capitalist GMOs. The locations of Chinese field trials are kept secret because they are so unpopular.
I think the Chinese government knows that GE is still valuable / profitable research because, when there are famines, negative attitudes towards GMOs for direct human consumption will yield to positive attitudes towards not starving, or paying half as much for daily bread.
At least the Chinese are seeking traits that will feed more people on less and poorer land, not traits that will increase profits and dependency on Monsanto.
