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Jilin Province has banned since 2015 plastic shopping bags and issued fines from 1000 to 30.000 Yuan for their use. By the end of 2015, over 4.000 tons of biodegradable plastic bags had been manufactured and sold, plus 76 tons of biodegradable cutlery. The main material is PLA, and capacity for production of such commodities has been expanded to 60.000 tons.

China Bio news release, February 1, 2016

The technology is based on a fixed-bed adiabatic reactor which converts methanol to gasoline products such as light gasoline, heavy aromatics and LPG in one step. Industrial partners in the project are Saiding Engineering, Yunnan Coal Chemical Indsutry Group and Shanxi Coal which has developed the catalyst.

CAS news release, January 29, 2016

Until 2019, an average growth rate of about 4 % is expected to lead to a market volume of 237 billion Yuan. Since October 1, 2015, the use of methidathion, phorate, methyl isofenphos, carbofuran, chloropicrin, methyl bromide in the growth of vegetables, fruits, tea, sugarcane, and crops of Chinese herbal medicine is forbidden and will lead to a wider use and to developments of bio-pesticides.

China Bio news release, January 29, 2016

The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics in cooperation with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine showed in a Parkinson mouse model that leg acupuncture led the brain regulated the autophagy pathway of dopaminergic neurons through non-dependent pathway mTOR, which restored the impaired autophagy level, cleared the accumulation of α- synaptic nuclear protein (α-synuclein) in the brain, and significantly improved the athletic ability of the animal model. Acupuncture in China has thousands of years of history, and through specific acupuncture points often achieves the prevention or cure of diseases.

CAS news release, January 27, 2016

According to the analysis, the > 10 billion USD market which is expected to grow strongly in the future is still governed by foreign enterprises, and this was strengthened by mergers and acquisitions with Chinese companies.

China Bio news release, January 26, 2016

The enzyme is from Mucor circinelloides and acts on viscous dispersions of potato mash, sugar cane, sweet sorghum often used for bioethanol fermentation. The patent strain has been deposited at Netherlands CBS.

CAS news release, January 26, 2016

The group around LI Fuli has isolated marine thermophilic bacteria which can produce up to 12 g/L ethanol from algin degradation products.

CAS news release, January 26, 2016

The companies involved plan to focus first on the 3 most important diseases: 1. Hypertension (160 million people), 2. Obesity (over 200 million), and 3. Diabetes (20 million confirmed cases). The service will look for personalized management of consultation, health monitoring, health intervention, dietary guidance and sleep and psychological management.

China Bio news release, January 25, 2016

1. the detection of temperature receptors in rice (Qian QIAN of China National Rice Research Institute)
2. mechanism of colesterol transport into peroxisomes (Baoliang SONG, Wuhan University)
3. mechanism of somatic cell reprogramming by small molecules ( Hongkui DENG, Peking University)
4. recombinant H. pylori vaccine (Quan-ming ZOU and Ming ZENG, Chinese Academy of Food and Drug Testing)
5. structural details of RNA splicing (Yigong SHI, Tsinghua University)
6. discovery of a magnetic receptor protein MagC related to animal migration (XIE, Peking University)
7. x-ray structure of photosynthetic membrane proteins (Tingyun KUANG, Jianren SHEN, CAS Institute of Botany)
8. mechanism of necrotic cell degradation (Feng SHAO, Xiamen University, and Jiahuai HAN, Beijing Institute of Biological Sciences)
9. epigenetic regulation network in human primordial cells (TANG, Peking University)
10. molecular switch for long or short wings in planthoppers and pest control (Zuangzhi ZANG, Zeijiang University)

Chinese Bio news release, January 25, 2016

According to Xiangfei MENG, head of applications at the National Supercomputer Center, China will release a prototype in 2017 or 2018 of an exascale” computer, capable of at least a billion billion calculations per second. The exascale computer will be independently developed by the National Supercomputer Center, according to Meng, whereas only about a seventh of Tianhe-1A’s CPU chips, China’s first supercomputer, were Chinese”

CAS news release, January 25, 2016

The Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei is the dominant crustacean species in global seafood mariculture. A group around Jianhai XIANG has now produced a genome map and a high density linkage map of this species with over 6000 high density linkage markers which will be useful in breeding.

CAS news release, January 22, 2016

According to the Beijing Space Science and Technology Information Institute, China they will be able to successfully launch and land a probe on Mars as the technology concerning the rocket and detector is no longer an issue. A first attempt on Nov. 9, 2011, failed because the module did not reach the correct orbit.

CAS news release, January 21, 2016

The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) Satellite, dubbed Wukong” after the Monkey King character from the Chinese “Journey to the West”, was launched on Dec. 17, 2015, on a Long March 2-D rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Like the Monkey King who can see through objects with his sharp eyes, the satellite has four major parts – a plastic scintillator array detector, a silicon array detector, a BGO calorimeter, and a neutron detector – together comprising about 76,000 minor detectors. It sends back about 20 GAB of data per day. Wukong is designed to undertake a three-year mission, but scientists hope it can last five years. It will scan space nonstop in all directions in the first two years and then focus on areas where dark matter is most likely to be observed.”

CAS news release, January 21, 2016

Started by a co-founder of BGI, Wuchun COO, and located in Shenzhen, the intended company is committed to build a health care database of the Chinese population which is Internet-based, and comprises an artificial intelligence platform (data mining and machine analysis). This platform could then be widely used in individual health management.

China Bio news release, January 21, 2016

„Polar Hawk-2“ can operate for about one hour at an altitude of up to 1,500 m, based on a lithium battery. During the polar flight, the helicopter took over 350 high-quality photos. China currently has four Antarctic research stations — Taishan, Great Wall, Zhongshan and Kunlun.

CAS news release, January 20, 2015