Biotechnology in China

Dean H. Hamer and Shain-dow Kung, Editors; Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China, National Academy of Sciences

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1. Introduction; 3 2. China's Long History of Biotechnology; 4 3. Research Priorities and Funding Mechanisms; 5 4. New Research Centers; 6 5. Infrastructure; 7 6. Biotechnology Literature Survey; 8 7. Research Highlights; 9 8. Current Research at Selected Institutes; 10 9. Cooperation with the United States; 11 10. Conclusions and Recommendations; 12 Appendix A: Abbreviations; 13 Appendix B: Contacts - Scientific Administration; 14 Appendix C: Contacts - Research Institutes and Universities; 15 Appendix D: An Analysis of Niu Menchang's Research on Transformation by RNA; 16 Appendix E: Statement by Dr. Niu