CAS, Yunnan to jointly set up a biodiversity lab
On Dec. 3, CAS Vice President CHEN Zhu and Vice Governor of southwest China's Yunnan Province LIU Ping held talks on jointly establishing a State Laboratory for Biodiversity in Kunming.
The two leaders listened to a proposal on the initiative by Prof. ZHANG Yaping, a CAS member from the CAS Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ). According to the blueprint, the future KIZ-based lab will be established in collaboration with Yunnan University, and with the support from such institutions as the Lab of Cell and Molecular Evolution at the CAS Institute of Zoology, State Key Lab of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China at the CAS Kunming Institute of Botany, Yunnan University of Agriculture and the CAS Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden. It will carry out comprehensive studies into biodiversity protection and sustainable utilization.
The two sides agreed that such a lab will be of significance for upgrading China's biodiversity research, attracting talent in the field and developing local bio-industries. Greater effors will be made to speed up its development.
