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The park will be built in Shenzhen’s “Biovalley” (Dapeng New District) on 100.000 m2 and comprise R & D laboratories, organ transplant hospitals, SPF stations for mini-pigs etc., and training facilities for personnel.

China Bio news release, August 21, 2015

Based on studies at the Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology at SIBS, the gene „ERECTA“ was expressed in various plants such as rice and tomato and led to enhanced heat resistance of the crops at 40 °C ambient temperature or higher. First field tests seem to confirm these findings.

CAS news release, August 21, 2015

NNSF is the Chinese Agency, under MOST, for financing rather fundamental research. In 2014, 37.612 projects were supported, about half in medicine and in the life sciences.Top recipients were Huazhong Agricultural University and Zhejiang University, followed by China Agricultural University, Nanjing Agricultural University and CAS Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences.

China Bio news release, August 20, 2015

According to a survey by the ministry, mechanization will beincreased to > 80 % by 2020 (present 68 %). Major crops under consideration are rice, corn, wheat, potato, cotton, rapeseed, peanut, soybean and sugar cane.

China Bio news release, August 20, 2015

The Chinese market for salmin is about 30.000 – 50.000 t/year. Shandong Oriental Ocean Sci-Tech, a company listed in Shenzhen, has now started to produce salmon in China by aquafarming. Productivity at present is about 800 t/year.

CAS news release, August 20, 2015

In a carbon inventory for fossil fuels and cement production for the period of 200 – 2013, done by CAS and 24 international partners such as Harvard University and others, it was shwon that China’s energy consumption is 10 % higher than the original estimate, but the total amount of carbon emission from coal was 6 % lower than foreseen, and carbon emission from cement production was 40 % lower. The results were published in a “Nature” article “Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and cement production in China”.

CAS news release, August 20, 2015

The group of Xin XIE at Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica has found that bromodeoxyuridine can replace Oct4 in mouse embryonic fibroblasts, the most critical factor in the „Yamanaka factors“ used for cell reprogramming.

CAS news release, August 19, 2015

The high-resolution device was developed at the CAS Institute of High-Energy Physics since 2007, and tested in clinical trials since 2014. IP is completely Chinese.

CAS news release, August 19, 2015

The plan calls for the establishment of more and networked regional test laboratories and more tests on pesticides, antibiotics, heavy metals etc. Construction of high-speed transmission and ubiquitous interconnect national agricultural product quality safety monitoring information collection network of national farming, animal husbandry, fisheries-related data visualization” were mentioned as priorities, “to achieve the monitoring program online preparation, monitoring task quick release, rapid test results reporting, monitoring results fast analysis, to provide decision-making information gathering, technical support, guidance and other services for the safe consumption of agricultural products quality and safety monitoring and management. “”

China Bio news release, August 19, 2015

Total biomass in 2010 was 31,3 billion tons, of which 70 % were forests. Tibet had the largest biomass per capita (807 t), Shanghai and Tianjin the least (0,5 t).

CAS news release, August 17, 2015

The collaboration which is already going on for 5 years allows both parties to jointly explore new genetic traits and breed new crop varieties for another five years.

CAS news release, August 14, 2015

Baidu, the Chinese version of Google, will develop an app which uses a doctor’s voice to respond to patients on their description of symptoms with treatment propositions and information on close doctors or hospitals. The Chinese-language system is based on medical information and communication supported by artificial intelligence.

China Bio news release, August 14, 2015

According to the China Robot Industry Alliance, China has become the largest robot market in two consecutive years. The sales of robots in China increased by 54.6 percent in 2014 to around 57,000 units, accounting for 25 percent of global total. Data show that nearly 17,000 units were made in China with a value approaching 3 billion yuan (about 474 million U.S. dollars),or an increase of 60 percent from 2013.

CAS news release, August 13, 2015

The center will establish a heavy metal ISO standard which differentiates between active heavy metal components of TCM drugs and heavy metal impurities.

China Bio news release, August 13, 2015

The key feature of the patch developed by Tuo JIN’s team is the size and material of the microneedles which assure safe applications.

CAS news release, August 13, 2015