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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: March 24, 2017 12:45 pm CEEB 2017: The details of the course under each university is provided in three prospectus available on the official website

CEEB 2017: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi has announced that it will hold The Combined Entrance Examination (CEEB) 2017 for MSc in Biology, MSc in Agricultural Biotechnology and MTech in Biotechnology will be held on May 19, 2017. Candidates who are interested in the courses can apply online from JNUs official website.

The exam is being held by JNU on behalf of 14 universities that offer Agricultural Biotechnology, 32 that offer Biotechnology and six institutes offering MTech in Biotechnology. The details of the course under each university is provided in three prospectus available on the official website along with the fees to be paid at the time of admission. Candidates can also check the eligibility requirements for each college provided in the prospectus.

Steps to apply for CEEB 2017:

Go to the official website for JNU (jnu.ac.in).

Click on the admissions tab on the home page.

Click on the notification Combined Entrance Examination for Biotechnology Programmes [ CEEB ] Prospectus 2017-18 and read the prospectus provided for each course. Make sure to check all details before proceeding.

On the admissions page, click on Apply online and follow the link for CEEB.

Read the instructions carefully and click on I Accept Apply Online.

Fill in the details in the fields provided and click on Register.

Download a copy of the application form for further reference.

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Dr Kalpana Joshi shares her thoughts with BioSpectrum on current biotech education and the academia-industry gap

Dr Kalpana Joshi is Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Sinhgad College of Engineering (SCOE). The institute is affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) and recognised by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. Recently, SCOE has received NAAC "A" Grade. BTech Biotechnology course run by the department is first AICTE approved course in SPPU. Dr Joshi completed her doctorate in molecular biology from National Chemical Laboratory. She headed in-vitro biology group at Pharma R and D, besides giving consultancy to pharma companies like Glenmark, Matrix, Hyderabad and Orchids, Chennai. The SCOE department has a team of faculty with expertise in fermentation engineering, biochemical engineering, pharma biotechnology, biochemistry, analytical chemistry and microbiology. Faculty is active in fetching grants for research, patents and publications. Dr Joshi shares her thoughts with BioSpectrum on current biotech education and the academia-industry gap

Do you think biotech schools are teaching what industry needs?

Field of biotechnology is ever expanding and evolving. Pharma companies have diversified into production and business of biotherapeutics, vaccines and immunologicals, and molecular diagnostics. Industries such as agri-biotech, dairy biotech, food biotech are coming up and have specific requirement of skilled manpower. I feel giving hard core fundamental knowledge of the subjects and skill development are essential to meet industry requirement.

Specific requirements of industry when it comes to biotech education?

Industry requires experienced and trained manpower. There is no time for training in companies. I remember my former boss used to tell me Kalpana this is not university for training. Take someone who would work from the next day.' Biotech schools need to develop necessary laboratory skills and strong basics.

Where is the gap according to you?

As a manager in drug discovery R&D of top pharma company, I used to interview candidates from renowned biotech schools in India. Major observation was students lacked practical skills and basic knowledge of fundamental subjects like microbiology, immunology, molecular biology, biochemistry etc. We at SCOE decided to focus on developing strong knowledge and skills in three pillars of biotechnology namely microbiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology with blend of engineering fundamentals like mass transfer, heat transfer, unit operations, plant design and process development. We have created excellent facilities so that students get to handle top brand equipment like PCR, HPLC, Lyophiliser, fermenters, microfiltrations and develop practical skills in molecular biology, animal tissue culture and data analysis softwares. Gap is at many places. I can give examples. Students use graph papers to plot graphs. We need to train them to use Excel to analyse data and plot graphs using softwares like Prism and SPSS normally used by industries

What do you do to bridge the skill gap if it exists?

At Sinhgad Institutes, we have state-of-the-art laboratories where students are trained for developing practical skills in microbiology, enzymology, molecular biology, fermentations and reaction engineering. We also teach them computation and statistics. Students work on projects and develop skills in at least one technique such as PCR, HPLC or cell culture. They are trained to be analytical, logical and develop problem solving capacity. Students are encouraged to do industry internships and projects in collaboration with companies and national laboratories.

What has been the investment in student training?

We have invested in infrastructure, facilities, equipment and faculty. Faculty members are PhD/ MTechs from renowned institutes like NCL, IITs, ICTs with industry exposure. If faculty does not know what is happening in the industry then it is difficult to percolate it to students. We ensure that faculty gets exposure to industry and maintain interactions with industry experts

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Field of biotechnology is ever expanding and evolving - BSI bureau (press release)

Dr S Balasubramanya, BTFS Coordinator and Dr Mittur N Jagadish, Head-BioTech Facilitation Cell, KBITS, Government of Karnataka

Karnataka state has remained one of the major investment destinations in the biotech industry. Currently, the State of Karnataka contributes around 35 per cent of the Indian biotechnology sector. The state government has established Biotechnology Bio-Innovation Centre at Bengaluru Helix.

Theme-based biotech parks are at various stages of implementation in Bidar, Dharwad, Mangaluru and Mysuru. The state has already in place, multi-sector start-up policy with various industry specific incentives and ease of doing business measures to stimulate growth of industry in Karnataka.

Life Sciences Sector Skill Development Council (LSSSDC) has estimated life sciences industry which includes biotechnology industry to employ 1.5-1.6 million people by 2020. The sector is expected to see a possible supply gap upwards of 0.3-0.4 million, with the highest gap in the manufacturing segment.

The majority of full-time employees are distributed between marketing and manufacturing, and a limited number in R&D and other functions. Approximately, 40 per cent job roles are clustered at entry/junior level; 35 per cent at mid-level and 20 per cent at senior levels in the industry.

The junior and entry level positions that make up 40 per cent of the job roles requires attributes such as technical proficiency in laboratories, subject knowledge (basic and superior), high learning aptitude and thinking and questioning ability as key skills. Need is also felt for skill and capability building in Quality, IP and Regulatory aspects. Biotechnology industry in India is growing conservatively at 10 - 15 per cent and is said to be adding 15 to 20 per cent workforce to existing 50,000 jobs. The entry level jobs are 5 per cent of the 15 - 20 per cent workforce added each year.

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Karnataka's biotechnology finishing school programme, five years on - BSI bureau (press release)

BENGALURU: For all Bioscience graduates pursuing BE, BTech, BSc, MSc, MTech and PhD courses, there is good news for their career. The department of Biotechnology at Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Tecnology (MVIT) is organising a three day national seminar on Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Biotechnology from March 23 - 25 at its campus. The seminar that is also open to inquisitive parents, energetic alumni, enthusiastic faculty and industry experts is expected to alleviate the many concerns of graduates and their parents regarding their future prospects and career development. HG Nagendra, professor and head of the Biotechnology department, said: "The focus of education is to not only train the students in curriculum defined skillsets but also to guide them towards realising their higher aspirations." The seminar includes invited plenary talks by subject experts, panel discussions, industry-academia interactive sessions, poster sessions, project idea presentations, several stalls and displays. Cash awards will be awarded to those with best presentations and networking at the seminar.

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MVIT organises three-day national seminar on Biotechnology - Times of India

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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today released the list of speakers for plenary programs at the2017 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. The sessions will feature executives from the biofuels, household and personal care, and airline industries who will discuss technology breakthroughs, business partnerships and sustainability initiatives. The worlds largest industrial biotechnology event will be held July 23-26, 2017 at the Palais des congrs de Montral in Montral, Qubec, Canada.

Brent Erickson, Executive Vice President, Industrial and Environmental at BIO, stated, The Plenary Program for the 2017 World Congress will cover several novel topics that are emerging within the industry. Panelists will provide an overview of the current state of biobased food ingredients, flavorings, and personal care products and where market trends are headed in the future. Additionally, industry representatives and trade reporters will discuss how to meaningfully communicate about the biobased economy.

Some highlighted Plenary Sessions include:

Biotech and the Future of Food Ingredients, Flavorings, and Personal Care Monday, July 24, 2017 3:45 pm - 5:00pm

Speakers:

Second Generation Biofuels Poised for Big Wins Tuesday, July 25, 2017 8:30 am - 10:00am

Moderator:Jim Lane, Editor and Publisher, The Digest Speakers:

Effectively Communicating the Benefits of Industrial Biotechnology Tuesday, July 25, 2017 11:45 am 1:30 pm

Moderator:Rebecca Coons, Senior Editor, Chemical Week, IHS Chemical Speakers:

All programs at the World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology are open to attendance by members of the media. Complimentarymedia registrationis available to editors and reporters working full time for print, broadcast or web publications with valid press credentials.

For more information on the conference please visithttp://www.bio.org/worldcongress. For assistance, please contactworldcongress@bio.org.

About BIO

BIO is the world's largest trade association representing biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces theBIO International Convention, the worlds largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world.BIOtechNOWis BIO's blog chronicling innovations transforming our world and the BIO Newsletter is the organizations bi-weekly email newsletter.Subscribe to the BIO Newsletter.

Upcoming BIO Events

BIO-Europe Spring Conference March 20-22, 2017 Barcelona, Spain

BIO IP Counsels Committee Conference March 27-29, 2017 Newport Beach, CA

BIO International Convention June 19-22, 2017 San Diego, CA

BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology July 23 - 26, 2017 Montral, Canada

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Biotechnology has emerged as one of the most forward-looking fields of science in recent decades, and a large number of nations have set their sights on it as a long-term development pillar, given its wide range of applications and the leapfrogging of current information technology, which allows to further exploit its potential.

Biotechnology has already proven to be an option for growth in multiple economic sectors, finding applications of high importance in sectors such as pharmaceuticals, food, veterinary, cosmetic, environmental, agricultural, energy, among others, which make it an opportunity for those developing countries in search of a boost for the progress of their economies.

It is then in biotechnology that a country like Colombia, which occupies the second place after Brazil in world biodiversity, with around 10% of the fauna and flora of the planet, can find possibilities of great impact for its economic growth and technological development. However, it is not a simple challenge if one takes into account the little investment that, unfortunately, is destined for R&D in the country. For example, according to World Bank data for the year 2014, Colombia allocated about 0.2% of GDP for this purpose, an amount significantly lower than the world average of about 2%, and much lower than the number one country in this regard, South Korea, which investment in R&D is above 4% of GDP.

In this manner, the government, academics and companies must work together to transform this enormous biodiversity into a factory of knowledge and innovation that translates into solutions to both local and global problems, which in the long term will allow to narrow the economic-technological gap between Colombia and the most developed countries in the world.

Thus, in the commitment to research in general as a driving force for development, and in particular concerning the emerging biotechnology, intellectual property plays a decisive role for its progress; this is due to the fact that tools for the protection of inventions, such as patents, greatly influence the decision of companies to invest or not their capital in a particular sector, and even more in biotechnology, which is undoubtedly one of those with highest cost in both R&D and product development and process design.

Hence, it is possible to evidence in different countries a closely related upward trend between R&D spending and the filing of patent applications, making them a clear indicator of a country's innovation and inventive step. By way of example, this is clearly visible when comparing the number of patent applications filed in Colombia and South Korea, using data provided by the World Bank in this regard for the same year mentioned above. In Colombia, in 2014, 260 patent applications were filed by residents and 1898 by non-residents; values much lower than those in South Korea where the numbers amount to 164073 patent applications filed by residents and 46219 by non-residents for the same year.

Therefore, it is necessary a vision change from the government of Colombia that promotes the injection of public and private capital in R&D, which is supported by an intellectual property system that provides adequate legal protection to the inventions and compensates the economic efforts made in innovation. Taking into account the characteristics of the country, Colombia has the potential to establish, as one of the pillars of its economy, its own biodiversity together with biotechnology; however, to this day, this latter is greatly underestimated.

In this sense, the challenge for Colombia in the coming years is to recognize and take advantage of the immense potential for scientific research that it possesses, especially in terms of biotechnology, in order to have in the future the ability to offer products and services with high standards of quality and added value, derived from a sustainable exploitation of its natural resources that goes hand in hand with policies ensuring the technical, legal and economic conditions conducive to its realization.

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Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Intellectual Property: their relevance for the development of Colombia - Lexology (registration)

By Crystal Kim

The healthcare sector has been doing rather well, gaining 8.9% year-to-date. Behind just information technology, healthcare stocks have outpaced Trump sectors including materials, industrials, and financials so far,suggesting that investors may be getting defensiveand they arent alone.

Credit Suisse upgraded its rating on pharmaceuticals/biotechnology to Overweight from Market Weight on Tuesday. That said the Health Care Select Sector SPDR (XLV) is down 0.21% as of Tuesday afternoon.

Broad market valuations and heightened risk for a short-term correction led Chief U.S. Equity Strategist Lori Calvasina to boost defensive exposure. Whats not to like valuations are slightly more attractive in the large-cap space and reasonable in small-cap, earnings momentum is so low that it could go only go up, flows are signaling a turnaround, and there are virtually no concerns about so-called crowding risk. She notes:

In large cap, net buy ratings, mutual fund overweights, and hedge fund net exposure have all been slipping from the high end of their historical range. In small cap, our sell-side indicator is also elevated, while our mutual fund indicator is moving up, and our hedge fund indicator is falling toward past lows. Importantly, sell-side ratings have shown a significant correlation with relative performance in both small and large cap.

There are many ways to play this trade. On the pharmaceuticals side, big exchange-traded funds iShares US Pharmaceuticals (IHE), PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals (PJP), and VanEck Vectors Pharmaceutical (PPH) deserve a look. All three are fairly concentrated; the iShares ETF tracks an index of 40 stocks while the PowerShares and VanEck ETFs follow an index of 25 stocks. Still mega-cap Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is a substantial holding in all three.

However, biotechnology ETFs might be the better bet. Calvasina says that its healthcare industry scorecard suggests that biotech and life sciences stocks are the source of the broader industry groups valuation appeal.

ConsideriShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (IBB) and the SPDR S&P Biotech (XBI). IBB has a bigger swath of the sector with 162 constituents in the index that it tracks, while XBI has 87. IBBs top holdings are inlarge-caps such as Celgene (CELG) and Gilead Sciences (GILD) whereas XBI tends to be invested in small-caps. Being in the large-cap space worked in IBBs favor today. It is down 1.61% compared to XBIs 3.23% decline. Note however that the iShares ETF charges a higher fee of 0.47%. XBI charges 0.35%.

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Biotechnology Gets A Shot In the Arm - Barron's (blog)

Allied Academies cordially invites all the participants across the globe from leading universities, clinical research institutions, diagnostic companies and all interested to share their research experiences in the Annual Biotechnology Congress during August 17-18, 2017 in Toronto, Canada with the theme of New Scientific Developments in Biotechnology of Modern Era.

Track 1:Biochemistry & Molecular Biotechnology

Molecular biotechnology is the use of laboratory techniques to study and modify nucleic acids and proteins for applications in areas such as human and animal health, agriculture, and the environment. Molecular biotechnology results from the convergence of many areas of research, such as molecular biology, microbiology, biochemistry, immunology, genetics, and cell biology. It is an exciting field fueled by the ability to transfer genetic information between organisms with the goal of understanding important biological processes or creating a useful product.

The key drivers for molecular biology enzymes, kits and reagents market are the rising R&D expenditure by the pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and increasing public funding for life science research. The World Health Organization estimates that the total aged population may rise from 605 million in 2000 (11% of the global population) to 2 billion by 2050, accounting for 22% of the global population.

Track 2:Animal biotechnology

It improves the food we eat - meat, milk and eggs. Biotechnology can improve an animals impact on the environment. Animal biotechnology is the use of science and engineering to modify living organisms. The goal is to make products, to improve animals and to develop microorganisms for specific agricultural uses. It enhances the ability to detect, treat and prevent diseases, include creating transgenic animals (animals with one or more genes introduced by human intervention), using gene knock out technology to make animals with a specific inactivated gene and producing nearly identical animals by somatic cell nuclear transfer (or cloning).

Track 3:Biomedicine Engineering

Medicine is by means of biotechnology techniques so much in diagnosing and treating dissimilar diseases. It also gives opportunity for the population to defend themselves from hazardous diseases. The pasture of biotechnology, genetic engineering, has introduced techniques like gene therapy, recombinant DNA technology and polymerase chain retort which employ genes and DNA molecules to make a diagnosis diseases and put in new and strong genes in the body which put back the injured cells. There are some applications of biotechnology which are live their part in the turf of medicine and giving good results.

This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine. It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to advance health care treatment, including diagnosis, monitoring and therapy. Prominent biomedical engineering applications include the development of biocompatibleprostheses, various diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices ranging from clinical equipment to micro-implants, common imaging equipment such as MRIs and EEGs, regenerative tissue growth, pharmaceutical drugs and therapeutic biological.

Track 4:Agricultural Biotechnology

Biotechnology is being used to address problems in all areas of agricultural production and processing. This includes plant breeding to raise and stabilize yields; to improve resistance to pests, diseases and abiotic stresses such as drought and cold; and to enhance the nutritional content of foods. Modern agricultural biotechnology improves crops in more targeted ways. The best known technique is genetic modification, but the term agricultural biotechnology (or green biotechnology) also covers such techniques as Marker Assisted Breeding, which increases the effectiveness of conventional breeding.

Track 5:Food Processing & Technology

Food processing is a process by which non-palatable and easily perishable raw materials are converted to edible and potable foods and beverages, which have a longer shelf life. Biotechnology helps in improving the edibility, texture, and storage of the food; in preventing the attack of the food, mainly dairy, by the virus like bacteriophage producing antimicrobial effect to destroy the unwanted microorganisms in food that cause toxicity to prevent the formation and degradation of other toxins and anti-nutritional elements present naturally in food.

Track 6:Industrial Biotechnology

Industrial biotechnology is the application of biotechnology for industrial purposes, including industrial fermentation. The practice of using cells such as micro-organisms, or components of cells like enzymes, to generate industrially useful products in sectors such as chemicals, food and feed, detergents, paper and pulp, textiles and biofuels. Industrial Biotechnologyoffers a premier forum bridging basic research and R&D with later-stage commercialization for sustainable bio based industrial and environmental applications.

Track 7: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology is the science that covers all technologies required for producing, manufacturing and registration of biological drugs.Pharmaceutical Biotechnologyis an increasingly important area of science and technology. It contributes in design and delivery of new therapeutic drugs,diagnosticagents for medical tests, and in gene therapy for correcting the medical symptoms of hereditary diseases. The Pharmaceutical Biotechnology is widely spread, ranging from many ethical issues to changes inhealthcarepractices and a significant contribution to the development of national economy.Biopharmaceuticalsconsists of large biological molecules which areproteins. They target the underlying mechanisms and pathways of a disease or ailment; it is a relatively young industry. They can deal with targets in humans that are not accessible with traditional medicines.

Track 8:Environmental biotechnology

Biotechnology is applied and used to study the natural environment. Environmental biotechnology could also imply that one tries to harness biological process for commercial uses and exploitation. The development, use and regulation of biological systems for remediation of contaminated environments and for environment-friendly processes (green manufacturing technologies and sustainable development). Environmental biotechnology can simply be described as "the optimal use of nature, in the form of plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and algae, to produce renewable energy, food, and nutrients in a synergistically integrated cycle of profit making processes where the waste of each process becomes the feedstock for another process".

Track 9:Genetic & Tissue Engineering

One kind of biotechnology is gene technology, sometimes called 'genetic engineering' or 'genetic modification', where the genetic material of living things is deliberately altered to enhance or remove a particular trait and allow the organism to perform new functions. Genes within a species can be modified, or genes can be moved from one species to another.

Tissue engineering is emerging as a significant potential alternative or complementary solution, whereby tissue and organ failure is addressed by implanting natural, synthetic, or semisynthetic tissue and organ mimics that are fully functional from the start or that grow into the required functionality. Initial efforts have focused on skin equivalents for treating burns, but an increasing number of tissue types are now being engineered, as well as biomaterials and scaffolds used as delivery systems. A variety of approaches are used to coax differentiated or undifferentiated cells, such as stem cells, into the desired cell type. Notable results include tissue-engineered bone, blood vessels, liver, muscle, and even nerve conduits. As a result of the medical and market potential, there is significant academic and corporate interest in this technology.

Track 10:Nano Biotechnology

Nano biotechnology, bio nanotechnology, and Nano biology are terms that refer to the intersection of nanotechnology and biology. Bio nanotechnology and Nano biotechnology serve as blanket terms for various related technologies. The most important objectives that are frequently found in Nano biology involve applying Nano tools to relevant medical/biological problems and refining these applications. Developing new tools, such as peptide Nano sheets, for medical and biological purposes is another primary objective in nanotechnology.

Track 11:Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics is the application of computer technology to the management of biological information. Computers are used to gather, store, analyze and integrate biological and genetic information which can then be applied to gene-based drug discovery and development. The science of Bioinformatics, which is the melding of molecular biology with computer science, is essential to the use of genomic information in understanding human diseases and in the identification of new molecular targets for drug discovery.

Track 12:Biotechnology investments and Biotechnology Grants

Every new business needs some startup capital, for research, product development and production, permits and licensing and other overhead costs, in addition to what is needed to pay your staff, if you have any.Biotechnology products arise from successful biotech companies. These companies are built by talented individuals in possession of a scientific breakthrough that is translated into a product or service idea, which is ultimately brought into commercialization. At the heart of this effort is the biotech entrepreneur, who forms the company with a vision they believe will benefit the lives and health of countless individuals. Entrepreneurs start biotechnology companies for various reasons, but creating revolutionary products and tools that impact the lives of potentially millions of people are one of the fundamental reasons why all entrepreneurs start biotechnology companies.

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SAN GABRIEL, California, March 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

ChineseInvestors.com (CIIX) ('CIIX' or the 'Company'), the premier financial information website for Chinese-speaking investors, today announces that it has established and registered XiBiDi Biotechnology Co., Ltd. in the Pudong Free-Trade Area in Shanghai, with registered capital requirements of $1.45 million USD over the next 10 years. XiBiDi Biotechnology will focus on the online and offline sales of health products including hemp-derived CBD (cannabidiol) oil, as well as hemp-based food and beverages. Notably, the Chinese character 'XiBiDi' is homophonic to 'CBD' in English.

"I am delighted about the establishment and registration of our new hemp company," says CIIX founder and CEO, Warren Wang. "XiBiDi Biotechnology is strategically located in the Pudong Free-Trade Area of Shanghai, China, where we have the opportunity to reach a consumer base of nearly 1.4 billion people. We believe that this large population affords XiBiDi an outstanding opportunity to be the provider of choice for natural hemp products."

XiBiDi Biotechnology will be the operator of CIIX's recently launched CBD online store, http://www.ChineseCBDoil.com, which will primarily focus on selling, where legal, hemp-based CBD nutrient and health products to Chinese-speaking customers worldwide through the online retail process. CIIX is also in preparations to open a retail store based in the predominantly Chinese community of San Gabriel, California.

The establishment of XiBiDi Biotechnology supplements these ventures as well as the company's broader mission to develop its presence in the hemp industry. In addition to retail and direct sales, the company will focus on the legal import of hemp-based (but not CBD oil products) health products in China - a population increasingly interested in the health benefits of hemp and CBD oil - and the export of hemp food and beverages to the United States, Canada and Europe.

"As the aging population in China increases, Chinese people are paying more attention to their health; thus, we believe that the development of the health industry has a very bright future. CIIX is very excited to be the world's first U.S. publicly traded company promoting hemp-based CBD health products and hemp foods that will help Chinese people improve their overall health. In addition, being located in the Pudong Free-Trade Area provides great convenience for the company's future import and export business as China enacts various measures to support the development of the Pudong Free-Trade Area," concludes Wang.

XiBiDi Biotechnology is registered as a wholly foreign enterprise and the registration is expected to be completed by the end of March.

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