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The NDRC has formulated a 3-step policy in this field: 1) support growth of biomass power, 2) enhance agriculture and forestry waste collection, storage, transport, 3) establish financial support systems. China Bio news release, July 22, 2015
The law contains strict regulations both for food production, food trade, e. g., by e-commerce, and state government responsibilities. Several violations such as food production using non-food materials, the use poisoned meat products, abuse and use of highly toxic pesticides etc. are directly included. Fines are on average 10fold increased and go up to 500,000 […]
Director of the Center will bi Professor Guoqiang CHEN. China Bio news release, July 22, 2015
A team around Xinbo GAO at Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology made clear that different face images must be converted to the same expression space by AI to reach this level of accuracy. Synthesized photographs and photomontages can then be matched with data in the national ID database. China Bio news release, July […]
According to a survey by the China Association for Science based on 4 parameters (highly cited scientists, fellows of the world’s leading technology associations, patented inventions from the 100 most innovative companies, and senior technical staff in Fortune 1,000 companies), the share of Chinese scientists is 15 %, and much higher in areas of basic […]
Built by China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co., the AG-600 can carry 50 people during a maritime search and rescue mission. To extinguish forest fires, it can take on 12 metric tons of water from a lake or sea within 20 seconds and pour it on the fire. Powered by 4 turboprop engines, it will […]
20 varietis of edible sea cucumbers are currently bred in China. Farming area is 215,000 hectares, total output is 194,000 tons with a value of nearly 30 billion yuan (5 bill €), accounting for about 15% of the annual mariculture output. It is expected that genomic information will help breeding higher quality strains. CAS news […]
Target is the development of China’s largest cellulosic ethanol manufacturing plant, located in Siping City, Jilin Province. The agreement allows NTL to license DuPont’s cellulosic ethanol technology and use DuPont™ Accellerase® enzymes, to produce renewable biofuel from the leftover biomass on Jilin Province’s highly productive corn farms. NTL is working to secure the necessary government […]
In collaboration with Zhaoke Pharmaceutical Co., Hefei, a team at the University of Science and Technology of China has expressed the gene for this venom with high anti-platelat adhesion aggregation activity in Pichia pastoris, obtaining yields of > 100 mg/L. Agkisacucetin is a heterodimeric protein of 29 kDa that is composed of α- and β-subunits7. Three […]
Using gene editing technologies, the groups of Jin-Soo KIM at Seoul National University and of Xi-Jun JIN at Yanbian University succeeded to breed “double-muscular type” pigs by inserting the gene for myostatin expression derived from Belgian blue cattle into a domestic pig variety. The new variety is claimed to grow more muscle mass, but only […]