Cuba - China cooperates on biotechnology

According to VNA correspondent in Havana, on November 26, Cuba and China signed a series of agreements to expand cooperation in the field of biotechnology in the period of 2012 - 2016.

Under the agreements, the two countries will strengthen cooperation in the development of biological and biological agriculture pharmaceuticals, information exchange and joint research on biotechnology products, supporting each other in their activities. export products and penetrate the third market.

In addition, China's Hualan Biological Bacterin and Cuba's Finlay Institute also signed an agreement to cooperate on developing vaccines made from Cuban specific excipients and therapeutic antigens with source. Original from China.

Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and Environment Jose Miyar Barrueco stressed that the newly signed agreements will open a new phase of biotechnology cooperation between the two countries, while confirming that the two sides will continue to promote push to expand cooperation scope, especially in vaccine production and scientific research.

In recent years, the economic and trade cooperation between China and Cuba has been constantly strengthened and developed. China is now Cuba's second largest trading partner (after Venezuela) with bilateral turnover of about 1.8 billion USD in 2010.