Policies & Regulations
•  China Sets Safety Regulation on Genetic Engineering in Agriculture
•  Healthcare Sector of Singapore to Expand Abroad
•  Shanghai's Biomedical Industry: Strategy for Growth
•  Biotechnology in Singapore

Major Event
•  Zhangjiang Biopharmaceutical Industrial Base
•  Biotechnology Development Program in Korea
•  World's Largest Botanical Gardens Established at Yichang, Hubei Province
•  Malaysian Palm Oil Companies Venture Abroad
•  Pollution of Pearl River Causes Concern

Research News
•  Glioma Gene Therapy
•  New Technique in Rubber Tapping
•  China Produces Recombinant Human Erythropoietin
•  Taiwan's Cloned Mice Fuel Debate on Human Cloning
•  Hope for Encephalanalosis Patients
•  New Technique of Extracting Bromelain
•  R & D into a New Calcium Source
•  New Method to Diagnose Gastrointestinal Cancer
•  China's Cloned Cow a Success

Traditional Chinese Medicine
•  Dan Pi Glycoside - A New Drug Treatment for Hepatitis B?
•  Japanese Company Finds Cordyceps sinensis Effective for Prevention of Diabetes
•  New Hybrid of Gastrodia elata Developed
•  R & D into a Herbal Curefor Rheumatism

Company News
•  Scientific Cooperation between Singapore and China
•  Strong Performance by Erdos Cashmere
•  Good Growth Prospects for Ayala
•  Schering-Plough Opens New Manufacturing Plant in Singapore
•  Change of Direction for Zhonggou Pharmaceutical Group
•  Maxworth Orchard's New Business Strategy

Education
•  New Degree in Chinese Medicine Offered by CUHK

General Information & Statistics
•  Economic Growth in Asia to Persist into the 21st Century
•  Shanghai's Social and Economic Development Statistics
•  China's "Food Basket" Project Overflows
•  Soft-Shelled Turtle Used for Nourishment - A New Trend in China
•  Taiwan's National Strategic Plan
•  China's Grain Demand Not a Threat to International Supply
•  China's Largest Agricultural Data Bank
•  Asian Countries Fare Well inWEF Ranking

Patents

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