Prime Minister LI Keqiang pledges more support for basic science

Mar 14, 2014

In his address to the National People’s Congress, LI Keqiang announced that the portion of the national R&D budget spent on basic research will continuously increase to 10 % by 2020. In 2014, expenditure on basic research will be 6,6 billion US-$, about 5 % of...

BGI suspends non-invasive fetal trisomy test in Mainland China

Mar 13, 2014

Following a decision by China Food and Drug Administration in February 2014 to regulate genetic testing, BGI has anounced to suspend prenatal testing but continue to use the test after birth. BGI is now in the process of product registration according to CFDA...