CAAS-Bayer Cooperation Strategy on Crop Research
July 25, 2008| |
On July 7, 2008, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and Bayer Group co-hosted a conference with the theme on crop research cooperation in Beijing, China.
Dr. Joachim Schneider, head of BioScience at Bayer, attended the conference along with 27 other famous scientists. CAAS’s vice-president, Tang Huajun, also attended along with representatives from Institute of Plant Protection, China National Rice Research Institute, Institute of Crop Science, Institute of Cotton, and Institute of Oil Crops, subsidiaries of CAAS.
During the conference, representatives from both sides discussed the progress of breeding research on rice, cotton, soybean and canola, GM crop biosafety, China’s agricultural strategy on using foreign investment, and intellectual property protection. The two sides further discussed their cooperation scheme and exchanged ideas regarding signing a cooperation memorandum.
Read the article at http://www.caas.net.cn/caas/ShowArticle.asp?Id=5299 For more information on biotechnology in China, contact Zhang Hongxiang at zhanghx@mail.las.ac.cn.
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