According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Construction, over 99 % of all cities had built a sewage plant by the end of 2013, adding to over 3.500. Sewage treatment capacity is now about 149 million cubic meters/day.

China Bio news release, March 25, 2014

Plastic thickness must exceed 0.025 mm, and the appearance should be homogeneous, no wrinkles, no stains , no bubbles. Printing on bags must be uniform, clear and with a complete text pattern. Plastic bags used for food must be marked in a conspicuous position with the word food”. This is considered as one step to reduce “white pollution” and introduce bioplastics.”

China Bio news release, March 25, 2014

The detailed analysis shows, as an example, that mulch films are used at > 1 million tons per year, with over 10 % growth per year, but bioplastic material is an insignificant part due to its 25 % higher prize.

China Bio news release, March 25, 2014

The PVDF membrane contains silver zeolithe which can be enriched either in the outer part of the hollow fiber or introduced throughout the fiber by wet spinning.

CAS news release, March 25, 2014

The group of Chang JIANG has optimized the glass material so as to allow control of nutrient addition and oygen pressure, leading to a good control of, e. g., osteogenic differentiation.

CAS Bio news release, March 24, 2014

The membrane is based on a composite membreane based on polyimide nonwoven which provides excellent thermal stability and prevents short circuits.

CAS news release, March 21, 2014

The group of Jian XU used 16S rRNA analysis and metagenome sequencing from plaques from 50 adults to relate the onset and severity of gingivitis from oral microbiota.

CAS news release, March 21, 2014

A group around LI Shengying found that an enzyme from the marine organism Jeotgalicoccus sp. reduced long-chain fatty acids (C12-C20) in-vitro to the corresponding alkene in the presence of NADPH and O2 when partnered with an appropriate P450 reductase domain. Highest yields were about 100 mg/L.

CAS news release, March 17, 2014

In his address to the National People’s Congress, LI Keqiang announced that the portion of the national R&D budget spent on basic research will continuously increase to 10 % by 2020. In 2014, expenditure on basic research will be 6,6 billion US-$, about 5 % of total.

Science and Technology Daily, March 14, 2014; Nature 507, doi:10.1038/507148a

The group around LI Yu at QIBEBT found that CSLA2, a glucomannan synthase, is involved in maintaining adherent mucilage structure in Arabidopsis seed.

CAS news release, March 14, 2014

Partners are the Binsi Liya Group, Sichuan Yibin Emi Line Industry Co., Yibin Emi New Fiber Materials Co. and other 21 enterprises and research institutions. The products involved are mainly silkworm pupae hydrolysate blended with other materials such as cotton, wool and synthetic materials (“pupa protein fiber”), marketed, e. g., under a “Saint-Saens” label. Whereas raw silk production was flat around 12 Mill. t over the last 20 years, pupa protein hydrolysate has expanded as a raw material and provided more versatile application properties.

China Bio news release, March 14, 2014

There are about 180.000 Chinese manufacturers for medical devices, mostly low-tech SMEs. Mindray Co., with 10 R&D centers and 120 Mill US-$ R&D expenditure in 2012, is a high-end medical equipment producer, market leader in China and active in the international markets with offices in over 20 nations. As a next step, Mindray will acquire foreign companies such as US Zonare (64 million US-$ sales in 2013).

CAS news release, March 14, 2014/03/16

In 2013, Tonghua City accounted for >60 % of Jilin Province’s pharmaceutical industry, with 70 billion Yuan output. As a result, Tonghua City will create another “China Medical City” on 40 km2, competing with “China Medical City” in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province.

China Bio news release, March 14, 2013

The WuXi Genome Center meets international clinical standards and is the only CLIA-certified clinical genomics lab in China. With the offer to use the Illumina HiSeqTXen, the first system to sequence a human genome for 1000 US-$, WuXi AppTech challenges BGI Genomics which has narrow business relations to Illumina.

WuXi AppTech press release, March 10, 2014

Commercial Partner is Shandong Landian Bio Co. in Shouguang, Shandong Province.

CAS news release, March 13, 2014

Following a decision by China Food and Drug Administration in February 2014 to regulate genetic testing, BGI has anounced to suspend prenatal testing but continue to use the test after birth. BGI is now in the process of product registration according to CFDA provisions

BGI news release, March 13, 2014

A high concentration of the valuable glycosylated compound K was obtained by co-expressing Ginseng-derived UDP-glycosyltrdansferas (UGTPg1) in the yeast production strain.

CAS news release, March 12, 2014

A group including Yimin YANG at CAS University of Science and Technology unearthed cheese samples located at mummies in a bronze age cemetary in Xinjiang Province.

CAS news release, March 12, 2014

Using silk templates and thin-film sensors based on single-walled carbon nanotubes, nanosensors were developed which can be attached to wearable and portable structures. They can detect physiological states of the body.

CAS news release, March 3, 2014

The enzyme was found in a coastal Paenibacillus and expressed in E. coli at a level of 3.200 U/ml (bioreactor). Group leader for this project is SONG Jiangning.

CAS news release, March 12, 2013