Policies & Regulations
•  China to Implement GMP on TCM Enterprises
•  High-tech Investments Encouraged
•  Japan Relaxes Laws on Organ Donation

Major Event
•  Antibiotic-Resistant Enterococcus Reported in Hong Kong
•  Chinese, German Agricultural Ministers Meet
•  Guangzhou and Hong Kong Collaborate to Fight Hepatitis
•  Mouth Cancer Cases Rising Rapidly Taiwan
•  BioTechnica Hannover ¡¯97
•  Japan Grants Morocco $8.5m for Fishing Industry
•  New Control Measures to Halt ISA Virus Spread

Feature Article
•  Biotechnology in the Quest for a Better Oil Palm

Research News
•  China Gets Closer to Breeding Super High-Yield Rice Variety
•  Microsatellite Markers Used to Improve Canola Breeding
•  Pig Organ Transplants May Not be Safe
•  Nanjing Develops Technology to Prolong Shelf Life of Beer

Chinese Medicine
•  Chinese Drugs Used to Combat Atherosclerosis
•  Cancer-Preventive Fruit

Company News
•  Mycogen Signs Agreement with Washington University
•  Zeneca Buys Fungicide Unit from Ishihara
•  Former Chinese Pharmaceutical Rivals to Merge
•  China Moves Toward Increased Privatization of Industry
•  ADM Buys Over Soya Processing Business in Brazil

General Information & Statistics
•  Prices of Soybeans, Grain Rise With Hopes of Stability in Asia
•  New Laws to Overhaul Japanese Farming Industry
•  Cabbage Price Control Lifted
•  Australia Reports Slower Fish Sales in Asia
•  Bangladesh to Increase Rice Output
•  CFTC Unveils New Proposals

Comments
•  Is Killing Chickens the Solution to Bird Flu?

What We Hear
•  Wu Jie-Ping Conferred Honorary Doctorate by CUHK

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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