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Science 16 June 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5780, p. 1583
DOI: 10.1126/science.312.5780.1583c
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ScienceScope

BEIJING--China hopes to seed its biotechnology industry with a national incubation center in Beijing.

Last week, officials announced that the Beijing International Trust and Investment Co. Ltd. would invest $160 million over 3 years to create the China National Academic Center for Biotechnology. The center, whose goal will be nurturing 100 companies and up to 500 research labs, will focus on the start-up and development phase of companies created to exploit Chinese technologies. Zhu Zhen, an expert in plant genetics engineering with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, says the Beijing center is well-positioned to help scientists overcome traditional obstacles to turning their discoveries into products.




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