Policies & Regulations
•  Thailand's Biosafety Guidelines in Genetic Engineering Part I
•  China Enforces Regulations on Science and Technology Projects
•  Singapore Government Sets Aside S$50 Million for Hospitals
•  Japan, US to Team up with China for Environmental Protection
•  Smooth Progress for Rice Genome Research in China

Major Event
•  Agribusiness in Australia: An Overview
•  New Virus Scare in Hong Kong
•  Indian Pharmaceutical Industry, 1996�C97 Turnover Up, Profits Unimpressive
•  VIIth IAMA World Congress
•  Interview with Professor Richard Guan on Hepatitis B -- Prevalence, Prevention and Treatment

Research News
•  Japan Develops High Yield Paddy Plant
•  New Method to Identify and Improve Purity of Two-Line Hybrid Rice With Herbicide Resistance Gene
•  China Conducts Biological Experiments in Outer Space
•  Hong Kong Professor Develops New Diagnostic Drugs
•  Chinese Rice Genome Project
•  Plants from Chrysanthemaceae Offer Possible Cure for Cancer
•  China's National Rice Engineering Project Shows Signs of Success

Traditional Chinese Medicine
•  Therapeutic Values of Ginger Fascinate Western Medical Community
•  Successful Bezoar Culture in Wuhan

Company Profile
•  Yangling ATC and Agricultural High- Tech Demonstration Area to Boost Economic Development in North- West China
•  French Pharmaceutical Venture to Open in Tianjin
•  Dutch European-Asian Flower Corporation Established in Beijing
•  Shanghai Establishes Joint Venture Pharmaceutical Enterprises
•  Japan Builds Biomedical Valley in Zhangjiang High-Tech Park

General Information & Statistics
•  China Optimistic About Feeding Population in 21st Century
•  China Reports Increase in Cultivated Land
•  Good Summer Harvest for China
•  China Performs Well in Early 1997

Education
•  Singapore DPM Tony Tan Identifies Key Issues Facing Local Universities

What We Hear
•  China Forms Agricultural and Rural Studies Panel of Consultants
•  Agricultural Bank of China Supports ��Seed Project'

Patents
•  Chinese Pharmaceutical Patents

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