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China to Continue Actively Developing Stem Cell Research, GM Crops - Official |
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Tuesday, 16 October 2007 |
Source: Forbes
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - China will pay close attention to ethical issues as it continues to support stem cell research and the development of GM (genetically-modified) crops, a senior official from the Ministry of Science and Technology said.
'Our stance on these frontier technologies is very clear. We are actively developing these technologies -- they do involve moral issues and we have formulated guidelines about this,' said Li Xueyong, China's vice minister of science and technology.
Speaking at a briefing during the 17th Communist Party Conference, Li also identified the development of super hybrid rice as one of China's biggest achievements in the past five years.
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