Science and Environment

Can China Feed Itself? - Analysis of China's food security. Includes tables, charts, and maps, as well as analyses of China's food prospects.
www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/LUC/ChinaFood/index_m.htm

Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge - Kunming based NGO dedicated to conserving and developing the mountainous ethnic minority areas of southwest China. Includes details of its aims and organisation, an account of a conference in July 2000 and links.
cbik.org/

Central Iron and Steel Research Institute - Includes information on materials and components developed by the institute.
www.cisri.com/

China Agriculture Review - Praising China's agriculture reforms, challenges, technologies and achievements.
www.index-china.com/index-english/agr-s.html

China Coal Information Network - Information about the country's coal resources, mine safety, coalbed methane, clean coal technology, and other research and development.
www.coalinfo.net.cn/english.htm

China Environmental Protection Industry (CEPI) - Includes projects, enterprises, products, technology and regulations of China environment protection industry.
www.cepi.com.cn/english/homepage/homepage.jsp

China New Energy Network - Information on new and renewable energy, with particular reference to China.
www.newenergy.org.cn/

Chinese Academy of Fishery Science (CAFS) - Conducts research in marine and freshwater fisheries. Introduces the institution and its subordinate institutes, which focus on specific topics or geographic regions.
www.lib.noaa.gov/china/archi/headquaters.htm

The Chinese Academy of Sciences - National institution conducting basic and applied research, undertaking nationwide surveys on natural resources and ecology, provide scientific input to government decision-making, undertaking government-assigned projects related to social and economic development, training personnel, and promoting high-tech enterprises.
english.cas.ac.cn/

Maps of Geocryological Regions and Classifications in China - Information on the geographic distribution of permafrost and seasonal frozen ground.
nsidc.org/data/ggd603.html

NERCITA - National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture - Information about this institution and its activities. [English/Chinese]
www.nercita.org.cn