2017
Biocentury
Hainan BioPark was recognized by Ministry
of Agriculture as Agricultural Transgenic Experiment Base on the 23rd Jan 2018.
CEO Dr Yang
was elected as Chairman of Shenzhen Association for the Promotion of Ecological
Agriculture at the members' meeting on the 8th Jan 2018.
On the 16th Dec 2017, outstanding students received scholarships and student grants from
the "Biocentury Chairman Wu Kaisong Scholarship" at the Henan
Agricultural Technical College.
The completed
structure of the Biocentury Building with over USD28 million investment met the
government inspections successfully in Dec 2017.
Biocentury
was recognized by the Guangdong Seed Association as "Guangdong Seed
Enterprise with Full Capacity of Breeding, Production and Marketing" in
Dec 2017.
Biocentury
established a new subsidiary company, "Biocentury Henan Seed Co. Ltd.",
with registered capital of USD 1.5 million in Dec 2017.
On the 2nd Nov 2017, CEO Dr Yang and VP Mr Gu were elected as members of the National
Cotton Variety Approval Committee, and the National Wheat Variety Approval
Committee, respectively.
Biocentury
was once again awarded the title of "National Hitech Enterprise" on
the 31st Oct 2017.
The cytolplasmic
male sterile line of hybrid Japonica rice "C9A" was technically proved by the Heilongjiang Provincial Crop
Varieties Examination Committee on the 8th Aug 2017.
Three 2-line
hybrid rice varieties of BioRice (Hunan) Co. Ltd. (Biocentury is the main shareholder), i.e., YLY957, YLY800 and
YLY372, were approved for national commercialization on the 29th Jun
2017.
The Maize
Hybrid CY107 was approved for commercialization in Henan Province on the 6th Jun 2017.
In 2017,
Biocentury received patents for 18 inventions, such as "A cotton kinase,
it's encoding gene and applications"; and "A fusion protein, it's
encoding gene and application in glyphosate tolerance".
In 2017, the
subsidiary company Biocentury Pakistan Pte. Ltd. successfully registered GST
and was permitted by the government for seed import. In addition, 2 new cotton
varieties (BPC-09 and BPC12) and 1 hybrid rice BPR-001 were approved by the
Pakistani Government for commercialization.
Dr Yasheng YANG, CEO of Biocentury, has been elected as Chairman of the
"Shenzhen EcoAgriculture Promoting Association".
2016
Biocentury has been selected as one of the 72 "Top Seed Companies
for Field Crops & Vegetables in China ".
Dr Yasheng YANG, CEO of Biocentury, has been elected as the Third
Chairman of the Shenzhen Seed Association.
Biocentury was awarded the "Second Technology Progress Prize"
in the Great Hall by the Chinese government for its contribution to the success
of superior cotton variety LMY 28.
2015
Biocentury is selected as the "Famous Brands in
Guangdong Province" for the third time.
Biocentury has developed transgenic rice resistant to herbicides,
sulfonylurea and imidazolinone, with good commercial potential in the future.
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Biocentury's super hybrid rice variety, YII900, has been approved and registered by the National Crop Variety Committee. It achieved world record of yield of 15.4 Mt/ha on the 10th October 2014.
Biocentury has been granted the "AAA Credit Enterprises of Seed Industry in China" by the China National Seed Association.
Biocentury has established three platforms, i.e., marker-assistant breeding (MAB), double haploid (DH), and germplasm improvement, to strengthen the breeding programs.
Biocentury has been selected as "Top Chinese Seed Enterprises 2015" by Southern China Media Group.
2014
Biocentury EcoAgriculture (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. has been registered to explore high-tech in agriculture, import/export agricultural and horticulture products, as well as organize ecotourism.
Biocentury built its state of the art Intelligent Green House with automatic control of temperature, moisture, lighting, ventilation, shading, and various ways of spay and irrigation.
Biocentury is granted the tile of "National High-tech Enterprise" for the third time by the Ministry of Science & Technology.
Biocentury has been granted as one of the 74 "Fully Integrated Seed Enterprise from R&D to Marketing in China" by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Biocentury has established a professional team focusing on breeding programs of hybrid and OP varieties of both Indica and Japonia rice.
Biocentury achieved great progress for the second generation of transgenic cotton for insect resistance, herbicide tolerance and drought tolerance. The transgenic events have been submitted for National Biosafety Deregulation.
2013
Biocentury purchased 1400 square meters office space in Zhenzhou city, Henan Province.
Mr Xinrong YU, Deputy Minister of MOA, visited Biocentury to be updated for molecular breeding and seed business development.
Biocentury has been granted as the "Postdoctoral Practice Base for Innovation" by the HR and Social Service Departments of the Shenzhen Municipal Government, Guangdong Province.
Biocentury has been selected as the "MOA Key Laboratory for Cotton Biology & Genetics".
Biocentury has achieved great progresses in its 3-line F-type hybrid wheat breeding program, which is warmly supported by leading breeders, such as Prof. Qiaosheng ZHUANG (top wheat breeder) and Prof. Longping YUAN (father of Chinese hybrid rice).
Biocentury has been granted as "Trustworthy Seed Enterprise in China" by the National Crop Service Center and the China National Seed Association.
Biocentury Horticulture (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. has been registered for horticulture product development and import/export agricultural products.
Biocentury has expanded its business scope from cotton seeds to five major field crops (cotton, maize, rice, canola and wheat), vegetable seeds and horticultural products. The company name of Biocentury Transgene (China) Co. Ltd." has been changed to "Biocentury Seed (China) Co. Ltd.".
Among the numerous companies in Shenzhen, Biocentury has been selected as one of the "Top 100 Best Quality Enterprise in Shenzhen" by Shenzhen Chamber of Commerce and Shenzhen Quality Association.
Biocentury has built its Hainan Winter Nursery Base with contracted field and constructed office building for breeding programs of rice, maize and cotton.
2012
Biocentruy has registered JV company, BioRice (Hunan) Co. Ltd., to focus on hybrid rice business from breeding, production and processing, to marketing and crop management service.
Biocentury has been granted as "Cutting Edge IPR Enterprise of Shenzhen" by the Municipal Government of Shenzhen.
Biocentury has established a new seed processing plant to process seeds of cotton, wheat and rice with Fucome Seed (Henan) Co. Ltd. (Biocentury is one of the major shareholders).
Biocentury has been certified for ISO9001-2008 for R&D, production, processing, marketing and sales and crop management with expanded scope from cotton to cotton, wheat, canola, rice and maize.
Biocentury has established its own Business School and started various on-line training programs.
Biocentury has been granted as "AAA Credit Enterprise of Seed Industry in China" by the China National Seed Association.
2011
Biocentury has been granted as "Center for Transgenic Crops" by the Science & Technology Department, NDRC and Economy & Information Department of Guangdong Province.
BioT has been selected as one of the "Most famous Shenzhen Brands" by the Famous Brands Committee in Shenzhen.
Biocenytury has been granted the title of "The Best Enterprise Complying with Labor Law of Guangdong" by the HR and Social Service Departments of Guangdong.
The Biocentury Board has decided to increase its registered capital from USD12 million to USD15 million.
Biocentury has been granted 3 Chinese patents for herbicide tolerance, insect resistance and salinity tolerance.
Biocentury has been granted as "National High-Tech Enterprise" for the second time by the Ministry of Science & Technology.
BioT has been recognized as "Famous Trademark in Guangdong" by the Department of Commerce & Industry, Guangdong.
Biocentury has been granted the patent for insect resistance in Pakistan.
2010
Biocentury has formed a JV with MIT Prof. Shuguang ZHANG, Beaver Biosciences Inc., to produce and market biomedical products in China.
Biocentury has acquired Huilong Cotton (Keping) Co. Ltd. for cotton seed production, cotton fiber processing and marketing.
Biocentury's subsidiary company, Biocentury Seed (Korla) Co. Ltd. finished its construction of seed processing plant with advanced machinery and technology.
Biocentury has been recognized as one of the top 54 "Leading Seed Enterprises in China " by the China National Seed Association.
Mr Liangyu HUI, Deputy Primier, highly praised Biocentury for its remarkable achievements during the visit together with Mr Yang WANG (Guangdong Party Secretary), Mr Taoling ZHANG (Deputy Minister of MOA), Mr Ronggen LI (Deputy Governor of Guangdong), Mr Rong WANG (Shenzhen Party Secretary) and Mr Qin XU (Shenzhen Mayor).
2009
Biocentury has been granted the "Enterprise R&D Center for Transgenic Cotton" by the Department of Technology & Information of Shenzhen.
Biocentury has won the "2008 Technological Innovation Prize of Shenzhen" by the Municipal Government of Shenzhen.
Biocentury Seed (Korla) Co. Ltd. has been registered for cotton breeding and cotton seed production.
Biocentury Guard Seeds Pte. Ltd., a JV between Biocentury and Guard Agricultural Research & Services (Private) Limited, for breeding, production and sales of seeds of cotton, wheat, rice, maize and vegetable seeds.
2008
Biocentury has won the "2007 Technological Innovation Prize of Shenzhen" for its insect resistant transgenic cotton by the Municipal Government of Shenzhen.
At the fourth Biocentury board meeting, Mr Kaisong Wu was elected as Chairman, Dr Yasheng YANG and Ms Xiaowei TIAN as Deputy Chairmen. Dr YANG was appointed as President of the company.
Biocentury was certified as "National High-tech Enterprise" by the Ministry of Science & Technology.
Biocentury was granted as the "Leading Agricultural Enterprise of Guangdong" by the Department of Agriculture of Guangdong province.
2007
Biocentury has launched its "Biocentury Newsletter" for internal communication and company culture development.
2006
Four insect resistant transgenic cotton varieties, based on Biocentury's insect resistance technology, have been approved by the Indian Ministry of Agriculture for commercialization in India.
Biocentury was granted the top prize of "2006 Agriculture Harvest Prize" by the Ministry of Agriculture.
2005
At the third Biocentury board meeting, Mr Kaisong Wu was elected as Chairman, and Dr Yasheng YANG and Ms Xiaowei TIAN as Deputy Chairmen.
Biocentury formed "Expert Committee" with Prof. Dafang HUANG as Chairman, and Mr Yong DING, Prof. Sandui GUO, Prof. Shirong JIA and Mr Zhongping LIN as committee members.
Biocentury received seed business licenses from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Department of Agriculture of Guangdong Province.
Biocentury built a cotton seed processing plant in Huanghua, Hebei Province.
Biocentury's Union was established to protect employees' rights and benefits, to get feedbacks and to organize leisure activities.
2004
Biocentury received exclusive license of the insect resistance technologies from the Institute of Molecular Biology, CAAS, for own use and out-licensing.
Biocentury appointed Dr Yasheng YANG as General Manager of Biocentury to lead and manage the business.
Origin Agritech (Beijing) Pte. Ltd. acquired 34% shares from other shareholders and became one of the major shareholders.
Biocentury established its first cotton breeding station in Houhu, Hubei Province.
Biocentury acquired land in Longgang, Shenzhen, to build the Longgang BioPark.
2003
Biocentury and the Shenzhen Municipal Government jointly organized the Forum of Insect Resistant Cotton with participants of many provinces in China and representatives of Uzbekistan Embassy.
2002
The Board decided to increase its registered capital to USD12 million.
Biocentury was granted the Import/Export Business License of China.
The Institute of Molecular Biology (CAAS) and Prof. Sandui GUO became shareholders based on their contributions to insect resistance technologies.
Biocentury and the Futian District Government of Shenzhen jointly organized the Forum of Insect Resistant Cotton with participants of many provinces in China.
2001
Mr Rongji ZHU, Premier, accompanies by Mr Yaobang CHEN (Minister of Agriculture), visited Biocentury's partner, the Institute of Molecular Biology (CAAS) and shared his technology vision with R&D staff.
Biocentury established its Center of Genetic Engineering for biotech traits development.
Prof. Sandui GUO was appointed as General Manager of Biocentury.
2000
Biocentury and Rudong County of Jiangsu Province jointly formed the JV company Biocentury Transgene (Nantong) Co. Ltd.
Biocentury opened its representative office in Beijing, Prof. Sandui GUO, was appointed as Director.
1999
Biocentury Kefeng Transgene (Hainan) Co. Ltd. was registered to expand Biocentury's business in Hainan Province.
Huateng Transgene (Sanya) Co. Ltd. was registered to expand Biocentury's business in Sanya, Hainan Province.
The board decided that Mr Kaisong Wu as Chairman, and Prof. Dafang HUANG as Deputy Chairman. Dr Xuanjun FANG was appointed as General Manager, Prof. Sandui GUO as Senior Deputy GM, Mr Yiqun FENG as Deputy GM, and Prof. Shirong JIA as Chief Scientist.
1998
Biocentury was registered to promote and market insect resistance and other biotech traits in China and overseas markets.