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European Focus on Biotechnology in China (EFBIC)

The European Focus on Biotechnology in China (EFBIC) is a collaborative project between the China National Centre for Biotechnology Development and the European Federation of Biotechnology. EFBIC is funded by the European Commission, and supported by the Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology through CNCBD.

The Mission
EFBIC aims to establish strategic relations between high-level decision makers in Europe and China in the field of biotechnology and biological science. With government, science, industry and public interest organisations, EFBIC works to encourage, develop and facilitate collaborations in research, training and innovation between European and Chinese scientists.

Activities
The European Focus on Biotechnology in China is one of the activities of the Task Group on International Relations. The main activities of EFBIC are to:
   

     
• Organise China-EU Workshops on key topics of mutual scientific and commercial interests      
• Arrange and fund exchanges, visits and fellowships for European and Chinese officials, decision makers, regulators, industrialists and scientists      
• Produce briefings on opportunities for joint scientific and commercial development      

EFBIC Contact Forum
     
All Chinese and European scientists, officials, and industrialists interested in joining EFBIC workshops, participating in other EFBIC activities, or contributing to the expansion of the Sino-European network in biotechnology are welcome to register as members of EFBIC Contact Forum with:

Prof. Brian Clark
Chairman of the EFB Task Group on International Relations
Tel: +45 8942 5055
Fax: +45 8619 1959
E-mail: bfcc@mb.au.dk