Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, January 16, 2004
China starts 'Beans Silicon Valley Organization' plan
On Jan. 14 National Beans Engineering Research Center, Northeast Agricultural University and Beijing Century Sihuan Investment Corp. Ltd. held in Beijing a signing ceremony for the preparation of "Beans Silicon Valley Organization". It indicates that a plan has started for the research and development of beans-end-products processing technology and the construction of China's non-transgenic beans growing areas.
On Jan. 14 National Beans Engineering Research Center, Northeast Agricultural University and Beijing Century Sihuan Investment Corp. Ltd. held in Beijing a signing ceremony for the preparation of "Beans Silicon Valley Organization". It indicates that a plan has started for the research and development of beans-end-products processing technology and the construction of China's non-transgenic beans growing areas.
The organization will provide a technical platform for the industrialization, standardization and internationalization of Chin's beans-related products and a trade platform for the cooperation and intercourse between China and the world in beans deep processing.
China is rated forth in beans production, second only to the United States, Brazil and Argentina. However China is less developed in the intensive and deep processing of beans.
Beans industry has grown out of the stage when beans were simply and primitively eaten as food. As advanced technology such as genetic engineering technology and enzymatic technology are being used, improved and popularized in the deep processing of beans, more and more beans are not only made into delicious food, flavorings and health foods but processed into such high-value-added products as clean fuel, medical material and paints which are more favorable to the environment.
"China Beans Silicon Valley Organization" will be a trade organization something in between a government and an industry, which has certain regulatory functions of government and will provide government with management and operation information on China beans industry as well as policy-making data. It can also formulate trade standards for China beans industry and help China beans industry to realize an output value between 100 to 200 billion Yuan in ten years.