China and France to collaborate on virus research

The two countries will jointly construct a top-level biosafety lab in Wuhan, directed towards international emergency response towards the outbreak of epidemic diseases such as Ebola. Health officials and industry practitioners from both countries also discussed...

China will stop bioethanol subsidies from 2016

The move is seen as related to a more stringent food security policy, with a focus on corn and stale rice. The subsidy for corn-based fuel was already down to 300 Yuan per ton in 2013 and will be a final 100 Yuan 2015 before ending in 2016. COFCO Biochemical, a major...

UK and China to cooperate on antibiotic resistance

As agreed by the Chinese Ministry of Health and the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, British and Chinese expert will develop policy recommendations for best practice on fighting antibiotic resistance. The recommendations will be tested in nine Chinese...

KLM tests biodiesel made from Chinese gutter oil as biofuel

KLM Amsterdam recently ordered 4.000 t of waste oil from Yangzhou Environmental Energy Ltd., for testing its use as a biofuel. China produces 4.5 million t of kitchen waste oil per year. China Bio news release, August 13, 2014