The national 863 project, supported by CAS Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian, and other universities has initiated the mass culture of Spirulina in Etog Banner Industrial Park for the purpose of providing value added chemicals such as polysaccharides and active peptides und developing technologies for waste recycling.

China Bio news release, June 4, 2014

According to the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform commission, SDIC High-Tech Investment has invested 1 billion Yuan in favor of Guangdong Can Alcohol Co. (广东中能酒精有限公司) for a factory with a capacity of 150.000 to/y of ethanol based on cassava which will be put into operation by September, 2015.

China Bio news release, June 4, 2014

The system is based on a processing system which automatically collects, separates and purifies fecal bacteria. The system is considered valuable to gather information to control and standardize information on gut bacteria, and to promote fecal bacteria transplants. Project leader is Ass. Prof. ZHAO Yoquan, Tianjin University.

China Bio news release, June 3, 2014

The group around Qiu CUI at QIBEBT has studied in detail the function of individual components oft he cellulosome of this organism and its relevance for cellulose binding and degradation.

CAS news release, June 3, 2014

By identifying genomewide long intergenic noncoding RNA genes from 93 animals and studying their transcripts, a group around Yaping ZHANG CAS Kunming Institute of Zoology obtained evidence for differential expression in domesticated pigs and wild boars was obtained which may be related to domestication and may proof useful for breeding.

CAS news release, June 3, 2014

The team around Wenhao HU and Yushe YANG at CAS Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica and CAS Institute of Biological Sciences used methods of drug design to optimize fungicides directed against fluconazole-resistant Candida, Cryptococcus and Aspergillus. Liver toxicity was low, and mice infected with Candida albicans strains displayed significantly improved survival rates.

CAS news release, June 3, 2014

BA Sushong, Deputy Director of the Institute of Finance, State Council Development Research Center, in a recent article supported the view that PPPs such as the Chinese Agricultural Industry Development Fund might be a suitable means to develop China’s agricultural industrialization

China Bio news release, May 29, 2014

The 3000 Rice Genomes Project, a collaboration between the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the International Rice Research Institute, and BGI, provides a massive rice genomic sequence resource and was made publicly available for worldwide use.

BGI news release, May 28, 2014

According to a directive of the State Council, food that contains genetically modified components will be labeled in the future, as there will be certificates for “pollution-free agricultural products”, green” and “organic products” and “halal food”.”

China Bio news release, May 28, 2014

As to the 2013 report of the National Renewable Energy Information Administration Center, 28 Chinese provinces were linked to the national grid. Jiangsu, Shandong, Hubei, Zhejiang, Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces in East China contributed 50 % to this output.

China Bio news release, May 28, 2014

From its start in 2012, the bank provided 847 patients with 911 samples of umbilical cord blood stem cells, and survival rate over 1 year was 69,2 %. The China Bone Marrow Bank in Beijing complements this public service.

China Bio news release, May 28, 2014

China operates large breeding programs and is a leader in hybrid technology, e. g. in “super rice” varieties which are cultivated on some 1 million mu (~70.000 ha). Transgenic cotton is planted on 4,6 million mu (~300.000 ha), and disease-resistant high-quality wheat, rice, vegetables and other crops of more than 200 new varieties have been planted on more than two million acres (~800.000 ha).

China Bio news release, May 27, 2014

By various steps of metabolic engineering, and by building reducing power on NADPH, succinic acid conversion rate in an engineered E. coli strain improved from 1.12 to 1.5 mol/mol glucose (88% of the theoretical maximum conversion rate)

CAS news release, May 25, 2014

Coal-derived methanol is a new commodity in Western Chinese states such as Shanxi, and the government pushes the addition of methanol to car fuel. In the city of Jinzhong, 150 methanol taxis have made 5.8 million km in one year, consuming 700,000 liters of methanol. Addition of methanol is usually 15 % (M15) but cars must be modified, standards are missing and the number of filling stations is still limited.

China Bio news release, May 25, 2014

The center in Zhangjiang High-Tech Park, constrcuted for 700 million Yuan, will focus on health-related protein science including stem cell technology, and provide skills in protein preparation, structure analysis, database establishment and computerized processing.

China Bio news release, May 24, 2015

A group around Baifeng YAN at the CAS Institute of Microbiology, State Key Laboratory of Mycology, has found by genetic analysis that part oft he Saccharomyces pastorianus genome (the strain used for lager beer fermentation) shows a close resemblance to a S. eubayanus strain found in Sichuan, West China and Tibet and speculate that the present manufacturing strain bears heritage from this ancestor propagating along the silk road.

Jian BING et al., Current Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.04.031

According to a CAAS representative, 25 % of all Chinese agricultural products were subject to mycotoxin contamination. In the period of 2001 – 2011, the EU registered 2559 offenses among Chinese food import articles of which nearly 1/3 were related to mycotoxins.

China Bio news release, May 22, 2014

The 259 State Key Laboratories, often cooperative laboratories among the CAS and universities, will be supported in 2014 by 3.05 billion Yuan (495 million USD), of which 1/3 is for equipment and upgrades.

CAS news release, May 22, 2014

The 3-stage device is based on the removal of heavy metal oxides after precipitation with base.

CAS news release, May 21, 2014

The science park collaborates with the Yuan Yuan Health Venture Group which manages 500 million yuan of bio-industry funds directed towards SMEs.

China Bio news release, May 20, 2014