Policies & Regulations
•  Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries
•  Vietnam to Amend Restrictive Rice Export Guidelines

Major Event
•  US Incentives Force Australia Out of South Korea
•  DIC Sets up Agricultural Information Network
•  Korea Suspends Self-Imposed Fishing Restriction off Japan
•  World Cotton Prices May Drop
•  China and IRRI to Cooperate in Rice R&D

Feature Article
•  HKUST and CAS Collaborate in Life Sciences and Biotechnology

Research News
•  Japan Intensifies Research on Artificial Blood
•  New Vaccine for Pigs
•  New, Plant-Derived Hormone to Prevent Osteoporosis
•  Mannitol Synthesized Using New Method
•  China Develops ¡®Potassium Bio-Fertilizers¡¯

Chinese Medicine
•  ¡®Four Treasures¡¯ in Shennongjia
•  Leaves For Treating Diseases

Company News
•  Sino-Italian Venture Opens in Shandong
•  Boston Scientific Increases Exposure in Asia-Pacific
•  New Pharmaceutical Joint-Venture in China
•  Japanese Firm Collaborates with Chinese Agricultural University
•  Japanese Food Processors Focus on Myanmar

General Information & Statistics
•  Export Demand Pushes Up Indian Tea Prices
•  Shanghai Records Strong Growth for 1997
•  Health Costs in NSW Among Highest in Australia
•  China Strives to Improve its Aqua- Industry
•  China to Export Bio-Fertilizers to US

What We Hear
•  China-HK Biotechnology Focus Study

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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