The 2008 international training workshop for marine bio-technology & its application recently opened in Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province.
Organized by the CAS Institute of Oceanography, the program is attended by nearly 30 trainees from 10 countries, including Mauritius, Russia, Indonesia, Thailand, India, the Philippines, Mongolia, Venezuela, Tunis and Tanzania.
The workshop is concentrated on the latest developments and R&D results in marine bio-technology. By taking advantage of the academic buildup of the CAS institute, it strives to make the trainees acquainted with the current state and upcoming global trend in the field and basic theories and key know-how in the breeding of new aquatic cultivars, sound operation of marine farms, marine bio-preparations and oceanic pharmacy.
With the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the program was first started in 2002. Over the past 6 years, it has been attended by some 150 managerial workers and technicians from a score of countries or regions across the world.
