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Inner Mongolia receives $686m for grasslands conservation
Date:2016/09/23Updated: 2016-09-22 During the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), China’s Ministry of Finance has proposed to allocate 4.58 billion yuan ($685.91 million) to Inner Mongolia autonomous region each year, which represents an annual increase of 530 ...
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National gene bank to improve health, preserve biodiversity
Date:2016/09/23SHENZHEN, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The China National GeneBank (CNGB), located in Shenzhen, was officially opened Thursday, aiming to promote human health research and the conservation of global bio-diversity. Initiated by China's National Development an...
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China, Canada launch annual PM dialogue mechanism
Date:2016/09/23Updated: Sep 23,2016 5:50 AM Premier Li Keqiang held talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and decided to officially launch the annual dialogue mechanism between Chinese and Canadian prime ministers. During the meeting in Ottawa on Sept 2...
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China lifts ban on U.S. beef imports
Date:2016/09/232016-09-22 19:15:14 BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday lifted a decade-plus ban on some beef products from the United States, according to agriculture and quarantine regulators. The ban on bone-in and boneless beef from cattle under 30 m...
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SCO Symposium on Food Security Cooperation held in Urumqi
Date:2016/09/23Vice Minister Chen Xiaohua attended and addressed the opening ceremony of the Symposium on Food Security Cooperation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Urumqi, capital city of Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China, on Sept.21, 2016. Focu...
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CCM: COFCO Tunhe: acquisition of 7 companies, efforts to be industry leader
Date:2016/09/23On 14 June, 2016, COFCO Tunhe Co., Ltd. (COFCO Tunhe) announced to acquire 7subsidiaries of China National Sugar & Alcohol Group Corporation (CNSAGC). Source: BaiduAccordingly, the targets include 100% of shares in Guangxi CNSAGC LogisticsCo., Ltd., ...
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CCM: Zhejiang Yongtai to extend supply chain and march into fluorine-enriched lithium salt segment
Date:2016/09/23On 21 June, 2016, Zhejiang Yongtai Technology Co ., Ltd. (Zhejiang Yongtai)announced the plan to partner with Fujian Shaowu Yongjing Chemical Co., Ltd.(Fujian Yongjing), Shaowu Jinghe Investment Management Centre (JingheInvestment) and Fuzhou Yingke ...
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CCM: Innovation of tomato spots wilt virus-resistant sweet pepper germplasm resource
Date:2016/09/23Tomato spots wilt virus is a seriousdisease affecting pepper production in China. It is also a new and highpotential threat to pepper production. Using resistant material PI152225 ofimported pepper (Capsicum chinense Jack.), this study has conducted ...
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CCM: Identification and analysis of functional compounds in red cabbage
Date:2016/09/23Used the HPLC–DAD–ESI/MS method to analyzecomponents and amounts of anthocyanins, glucosinolates (GS) and phenoliccompounds in red cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. ssp. capitata f. rubra). The results show that totally 14 differentanthocyanins are separ...
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CCM: Brief introduction to new crack-tolerant cabbage cultivar Qingnong55
Date:2016/09/23With cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) lineA05-1-3-15 as female parent and self-compatible line Heyin-1 as male parent,Qingnong55 is a new early-maturing crack-tolerant (50-55 days fromtransplantation to harvest) cabbage variety. Head crack rate of th...
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CCM: Jilin GPRO: slight decline in revenue and net profit in H1 2016
Date:2016/09/23On 30 Aug., 2016, Jilin GPRO TitaniumIndustry Co., Ltd. (Jilin GPRO, stock code: 000545) released its H1 2016financial report. Key figures were: Revenue: USD50.46 million (RMB337 million),down 15.82% YoY Net profit: USD5.05 million (RMB33.71million),...
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China, Mongolia seek to expand cooperation
Date:2016/09/22UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Mongolian counterpart Tsend Munkh-Orgil here Wednesday, saying the two countries should further expand bilateral cooperation. China appreciates that Mongolia puts deve...
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Chinese vice premier stresses poverty alleviation in Xinjiang
Date:2016/09/22URUMQI, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Vice Premier Wang Yang has called for targeted and efficient measures to eradicate poverty in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, noting that it is vital to ensure the regional stability. Poverty alleviati...
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Highlights of key results, proposals during Chinese premier's visit to UN headquarters
Date:2016/09/22NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has just wound up his visit to the United Nations headquarters here in a fruitful diplomatic package which included attending the UN General Assembly, the UN conferences on refugees, immigrati...
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CCM: Synutra: Sales Down by over 20 percent in Q4 FY2016
Date:2016/09/22On 13 June, Synutra International, Inc. (Synutra), listed in the US, releasedits Q4 FY2016 and full year financial figures: Q4 2016 Its net sales of USD86.1 million in Q4 were down by 21.8% YoY. This mainlycomprised sales of nutritional food includin...
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CCM: Sequence Variation of Pi d3 for Rice Blast Resistance in Yunnan Rice Landrace
Date:2016/09/22The researchers analyzed the sequencevariations of Pi d3 for rice blast resistance in 80 Yunnan rice landraces byresequencing of open reading frame (ORF). The results show that there are 39nucleotide variations in 2775 bp ORFs of 80 rice accessions w...
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CCM: Differential analysis of kernel traits for corn inbred lines and hybrids from different sources
Date:2016/09/22The research on corn heterosis plays animportant role in improving yield and quality of corn. The researchers measuredkernel-related traits of 89 temperate inbred lines, 59 tropical/subtropicalinbred lines and 179 F1 hybrid assembled from the 148 inb...
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CCM: High-performing Zhejiang Medicine vigorously extends into healthcare product business
Date:2016/09/22On 29 Aug., 2016, Zhejiang Medicine Co.,Ltd. (Zhejiang Medicine, stock code: 600216), a leading domestic vitamin producer, released its financial report for H1 2016: Revenue: USD395.68 million (RMB2.64 billion),up 23.16% YoY Net profit: USD28.77 mill...
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Market analysis and prospect on nitric acid in China in 2015
Date:2016/09/22Up to the end of 2015, the nitric acidcapacity in China was 4.3 million t/a, with the output of 2.798 million tonnesin 2015, down 4% YoY. As the necessary raw material for the production of nitratesalt and nitrate, nitric acid is used to produce nitr...
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CCM: Guangxin Agrochemical to raise funds for new fungicide projects
Date:2016/09/22On 2 Sept., 2016, Anhui GuangxinAgrochemical Co., Ltd. (Guangxin Agrochemical) announced its plan to offer aprivate placement for funds of ≤USD209.49 million (RMB1.40 billion), which is meant to be investedinto 6 new projects with the aim of expandin...