Policies & Regulations
•  Malaysia Establishes Genetic Modification Advisory Committee
•  China sets Guidelines on Health Food
•  China Issues Regulation for Protection of New Plant Varieties
•  China¡¯s Strategies for Sustainable Development in Agriculture
•  State Sciencetech Commission and MOA Provide Financial Support for Development of Major Crop Cultivars
•  Biotechnology in Taiwan

Major Event
•  Sino-European Collaboration in Agriculture
•  Hong Kong Focuses on Biotechnology
•  Current Status of Epidemic Diseases in China

Research News
•  Commercial Production of Spirulina A New Industry in China
•  Chinese Company Succeeds in Producing Recombinant Human Granulopoietic Stimulating Factor
•  Microspore Culture Technique for Breeding Vegetables
•  China Breeds Transgenic Pigs
•  Mice with HBV Genome Used as Models for Studying HBV Diseases in Humans
•  Japan Develops New Material for Use as Artificial Bone
•  New Method to Produce Triazo Nucleoside
•  Vaccine for Hepatitis C Produced by Silkworms

Traditional Chinese Medicine
•  Research into Gingko biloba l. Continues in China
•  Chinese Herb Gardeniae fructus Used in Treatment of Pancreatitis
•  Ganoderma for Cancer Treatment ¨C A Breakthrough by Hong Kong University

Company Profile
•  BSTI Earns RMB 800 Million in 1996
•  D & PL International/Monsanto Brings Worm-Resistant Cotton to China
•  Wuyang Food Development Co. Ltd. Produces Vegetables Liquor
•  Dasheng Biotechnology Co. Ltd. Helps Scientific Transfer
•  Tianjin Zhongxin Pharmaceuticals Faces Good Prospects
•  HMI Balestier Going Regional

General Information & Statistics
•  Japan BioTech Market Report 1996
•  Information System on Agricultural Resources
•  Chinese Industries Advance into Quality Upgrading Phase
•  Hong Kong¡¯s Industrial Support Fund Scheme
•  Fruit Consumption in Shanghai Increases
•  Book on Chinese Patents

Education
•  Zhejiang Agricultural University to be Included in Project 211
•  Research Institute of Neurology Set up by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

What We Hear
•  DRF Signs Agreement with Novo Nordisk
•  Molecular Biology Network for Asia-Pacific Proposed

Patents