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Active Progress in Transgenic Technology Research and Application in China
Summary posted by Meridian on 7/27/2010
Source: Administrative Office for the Key Special Projects of GMOs via Ministry of Agriculture
Author: n/a
This press release describes China's key special project for the development of new genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The project is one of China's 16 national key special scientific programs. It is organized and implemented jointly by 11 departments of China's State Council. According to the press release, the GMO project is aimed at developing a group of genes with great application values and independent intellectual property rights, and at developing and promoting high-yielding and efficient GMO varieties with resistance to diseases, insect pests, and stress. The project builds on the previous achievements of the National 863 Program, the 973 Program, Special Projects for Research and Industrialization of Transgenic Plants, and the High-tech Industrialization Program. It has thus been able to make "active progress" in the development of new GMO varieties, the cloning of new genes, transgenic technologies, and biosafety technology and its industrialization. The press release says that the program is expected to: increase China's independent innovation capacity in agricultural science and technology; develop the emerging and strategically important bio-industry; and provide strong scientific support to national food security, ecological safety, and efforts to increase farmers' incomes. The press release can be viewed online at the link below.
The original article may still be available at www.seedquest.com/news.php?type=news&id_article=9090&id_region=...
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