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Chipscreen hits funding barrier for new drug
13 August 2008
Regulators take a tough stance against Chinese pharma firms

Closer ties urged between China and IEA
06 August 2008
World energy forum needs China onboard to tackle carbon emissions and high oil prices

Chemists join Olympic clean-up effort
24 July 2008
Modelling and satellite technology improve atmosphere over Beijing

Chemical education in need of reform
21 July 2008
China’s chemistry courses are failing to meet industry needs 

Millions raised for drug development
17 July 2008
New consortium promises a richer future for China’s biotech industry 

Testing times for new liver drug
15 July 2008
AstraZeneca targets Chinese population with new cancer treatment 

Lake sediments reveal 7000 years of history
23 June 2008
History of Chinese dynasties recorded in metal deposits 

Chemistry dominates list of China’s most influential papers
19 June 2008
Nine out of 24 pioneering articles by chemists and materials scientists 

China assesses Sichuan earthquake’s environmental costs
18 June 2008
Chemical industry reconstruction and new nuclear build could be put on hold

Olympic chemical restrictions worries industry
13 June 2008
Controls over making and transporting chemicals ahead of the games could push up prices 

China quake hits chemical industry
16 May 2008
Fertilizer producers caught up in the devastation, as authorities rush to contain leaks

China to fast track pioneering drugs
08 May 2008
Special registration rules to speed approval and encourage innovation

Bitter melon yields sweet results for diabetes
23 April 2008
Chemicals from the warty Asian vegetable could inspire drugs for diabetes

Industrial standards promote methanol for Chinese cars
11 April 2008
Higher uptake of methanol-blended gasoline expected 

China revives coal chemicals drive
09 April 2008
Green light expected for new plants after months of deadlock 

Big funding for GM research
26 March 2008
China to spend over a billion dollars on improving crop yield, nutrition and drought resistance

China’s environment gets a health check
20 March 2008
Ground-breaking report maps pollution in unprecedented detail

OLED displays brighten up
18 March 2008
Soluble iridium complex brings larger display screen a step closer

China announces major government reshuffle
18 March 2008
Energy watchdog established, drug regulator reformed

Report outlines low carbon future for China and EU
11 March 2008
Combining efforts on climate change could open huge market opportunities

Modified nanotubes catalyse fuel cell
29 February 2008
Platinum nanoparticles boost methanol oxidation

Tougher standards for Chinese pesticide makers
13 February 2008
Industry labs face closer scrutiny in a move that could drive smaller producers out of business

China to establish environment ministry this year
12 February 2008
More powers to curb worsening pollution 
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Profile: Vaccine trailblazer
07 February 2008
Yin Weidong, Sinovac Biotech’s general manager, talks about a Chinese biotech success story 

Kyoto less lucrative for chemical industry
25 January 2008
Tricky times for Chinese fluorochemical producers

Huge project to boost Chinese drug development
15 January 2008
Multibillion-yuan programme to address dearth of private funding 

China allows academics to own patents
04 January 2008
‘Science and technology constitution’ revised to boost innovation 

A simpler way to photonic crystals
17 December 2007
Cheap two-step method to make angular crystals from tiny polymer beads

Aqueous Fischer-Tropsch is clean and green
12 December 2007
Water-soluble catalyst provides a green route to synthetic hydrocarbon fuels

China greens rules for foreign investment
30 November 2007
Renewables and clean technologies favoured over energy intensive sectors 

OLED chemists have a bright idea
23 November 2007
New material makes OLEDs simpler, brighter, more colourful 

Sorting droplets digitally
19 November 2007
A new lab-on-a-chip sorting technique is better, faster, cheaper than current methods

China to ramp up nuclear power
24 October 2007
China to generate hundreds of millions of kilowatts from nuclear in ‘the near future’

China’s drug industry set to take off
11 October 2007
International deals to make cheap drugs could be a foot in the door

Chinese universities face staggering debt
09 October 2007
Rapid expansion is causing repayment problems

High hopes for anti-monopoly law
01 October 2007
Minnows hope to break stranglehold of petrochemical giants 

Biofuels could boost global warming, finds study
21 September 2007
Nobel prize winner finds most biofuels could be worse for the environment than fossil fuels 

China launches 200 billion dollar renewable energy plan
05 September 2007
China’s renewables pledge depends on industry investment

China still lagging behind OECD on innovation
03 September 2007
Shortage of science graduates threaten China’s economic growth 

Coal chemical projects flourish
31 August 2007
Business booms as international oil prices hit almost US$80 per barrel 

Enzymes trigger colour shift in polymers
31 August 2007
Novel assay monitors enzyme activity in real time 

Spontaneous superlattices
29 August 2007
Zinc oxide nanocrystals that self-assemble into ‘superlattices’ are promising luminescent materials, say scientists in China.
China’s pollution headache
16 August 2007
Chinese scientists have found concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in some Chinese cities to be among the highest in the world.

China invests more than $1bn in drug safety
10 August 2007
Government agencies tackle growing ‘fake drugs’ problem

Optimism greets China’s quest for clean coal
18 July 2007
Chinese scientists are on the verge of successfully producing clean fuels from underground coal deposits

Chinese legislation to increase drug safety
13 July 2007
New drug registration laws expected to boost the country’s pharmaceutical industry

First internationally licensed Chinese herbal patent
28 June 2007
China has licensed its first herbal compound patent to an overseas pharmaceutical company

Nature's cancer treatments
26 June 2007
Chemists working in China have used a native protein to deliver anticancer medicines to tumour cells.

China government appoints new science chief
01 May 2007
Wan Gang is first non-communist minister for 35 years

Selenium flowers and walnuts
09 May 2007
Flowers and walnuts are just some of the shapes scientists in China have made in a technique developed for making selenium microstructures.














