Policies & Regulations
•  Common Biotechnology Standards for ASEAN
•  The Philippines to Spend 3.5 Billion Pesos on forest Management
•  Taiwan to Construct Medical Information Network
•  MOA Receives Applications for Safety Management in Genetic Engineering
•  Biosafety Guidelines in Asia

Major Event
•  The Tainan Science-based Industrial Park
•  Indonesian Smog Causes Widespread Concern in the Region
•  Good Growth for Shandong Medical Industry
•  Sino-Italian Collaboration in Agricultural Technology
•  Biotechnology of Tropical and Subtropical Species
•  MARDI Searches for New Rice Variety to Cut Imports

Feature Article
•  Chinese Human Genome Project Makes Significant Progress

Research News
•  Growth Factor Reduces Death Rate
•  American Ginseng Cell Culture Established
•  Maize Development Center Produces Maize with High Oil Content
•  China Produces New Varieties of Chinese Cabbage
•  New Drug Production by Tebao Biotechnology Co. Ltd.
•  Wakame Seaweed Effective in Preventing Arteriosclerosis
•  Evening Primrose Oil Finds Use in Medicine
•  Applying Electrostatic Method to Grow Plants
•  A Method to Detect Pathogenic Virus in Prawns

Chinese Medicine
•  Qinghai Province Accelerates Development of Local Products
•  The Dandelion ¨C A Natural Anti-Viral Agent

Company News
•  Indian Drugs Move Back into UAE
•  Profile of Shandong Liangyou Group
•  Japan Increases Investment in Vietnam Food Products
•  Malaysian Plantation Shares Soar as Ringgit Depreciates
•  Chongqing Pesticide Chemicals (Group) Co. Ltd.

General Information & Statistics
•  Indonesia's Coffee Harvest Faces Treats from El Nino and Vietnam
•  China to Reform State Enterprises
•  World Bank Predicts China's High Growth is Sustainable
•  Good Demand for Chinese Tea
•  Market Adjusts to Japanese Eating Trends
•  Applications for Patents Break the 10,000 Mark

What We Hear
•  Word Bank to Publish Report on China¡¯s Development in the 21st Century

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