China launches world’s first 30 m resolution global land map

The map is based on recordings in 2015 and has a resolution of 30 m by 30 m per pixel, 100 times clearer than the 300 m by 300 m per pixel resolution of landsat. The map documents that forests, grasslands and desert cover more than 82 % of the area earmarked for the...

Major changes in China’s pharmaceutical market 2018

A review on imminent changes includes: 1. A „two vote“ system for instruments and consumables, 2. Policy support for home-made instruments, 3. Outpatient services will be improved, 4. County-level hospitals will be upgraded, 5. Genetic screening will be reformed 14...

China has launched the „Pig Model Project“ (PMP)

Following an International Forum on Animal Biotechnology, the Chinese Academy of Engineering has announced that the country will launch the international pig model project (PMP, http://www.pigmodel.org). Organized by the Ministry of Science 
and Technology and...

CAS QIBEBT promotes duckweed as a bioremediation plant

The group of ZHOU Gongke at QIBEBT has used molecular biology, cell biology and bioinformatics and other research methods to elucidate the molecular biology of cadmium ion absorption, transport and detoxification in duckweed. The advantage of duckweed bioremediation...

BGI’s share value exceeds 100 billion Yuan

As a leading enterprise in China’s genetic testing industry, BGI combines strong R & D self-developed instruments and reagents to effectively control costs. The rapid growth of the reproductive and health businesses has formed a scale effect and BGI is active in...

China’s main cause of liver cancer is viral hepatitis

According to a national liver cancer clinical registration survey, 83 % of patients were male, and infection (58 %) and/or alcohol consumption was the main cause of disease. China Bio news release, November 14, 2017

5 Chinese companies among the global top 25 in market capitalization

According to a survey by Genetic Engineering News (GEN), the following 5 companies have entered the top 15 ranks: Sinopharm Holdings (24), Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceutical (13), Yunnan Baiyao Group (18), Kangmei Pharmaceutical (19) and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical...

China rüstet Beidou-Satellitensystem für globale Reichweite auf

Zwei Beidou-Satelliten der dritten Generation, die ersten ihrer Art, wurden am 5. November von einer Long March 3B Trägerrakete vom Xichang Satellite Launch Center in der Provinz Sichuan gestartet und in eine mittlere Erdumlaufbahn gebracht. Die neuen...

China has launched the „Pig Model Project“

Following an International Forum on Animal Biotechnology, the Chinese Academy of Engineering has announced that the country will launch the international pig model project (PMP, http://www.pigmodel.org). Organized by the Ministry of Science 
and Technology and...