Table 7.

Shortlist of Chinese academic groups active in industrial strain and enzyme development

Group	Location	Targets
CAS Institute of Industrial Biotechnologya	Tianjin	Improvement of industrial strains and enzymes
CAS Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technologyb	Qingdao	Lignocellulose substrates, algae biotechnology, biogas technology
CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physicsc	Dalian	Bioenergy-related studies
CAS Shanghai Institutes of Biochemistry and Cell Biologyd, Institute of Plant Physiologye; Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistryf; Huzhou Center for Biosynthetic Innovationg	Shanghai	SIBCB, SIOC: new industrial strain development and process engineering Huzhou Center for Biosynthetic Innovation: tech transfer to industry
East China University of Science and Technologyh	Shanghai	Strain development, bioprocess engineering
Nanjing Tech Universityi	Nanjing	Strain development, bioprocess engineering
Jiangnan Universityj	Wuxi	Strain development, bioprocess engineering
Beijing University of Chemical Technologyk	Beijing	Process engineering, synthetic biology

^ahttp://english.tib.cas.cn

^bhttp://english.qibebt.cas.cn

^chttp://english.dicp.cas.cn

^dhttp://www.sibcb.ac.cn

^ehttp://www.sippe.ac.cn

^fhttp://english.sioc.cas.cn

^ghttp://www.hzhr.com/Web/Company/20530.html

^hhttps://www2.ecust.edu.cn/_t41/main.htm

ⁱhttp://www.njtech.edu.cn

^jhttp://english.jiangnan.edu.cn

^khttps://english.buct.edu.cn