title: Environmental biotechnology in China: progress and prospect.
abstract: Biotechnology could be widely applied in the technological development of environmental protection. This report gives a brief Chinese review on the major progress of environmental biotechnology in the following fields: Monitoring technology and treatment of dioxin-like chemicals and cyanobacterial toxins, biofiltration for air pollution control, solid waste treatment and reutilization, bioremediation of soil pollution, risk assessment and control of endocrine disturbing substances in environment, wastewater treatment, clean production and recycling economy. The effect of government policy and fund on the progress of environmental biotechnology is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China. whzhong@zjut.edu.cn
authors.forename: Weihong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Jianmeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods; D004147:Dioxins; D004777:Environment; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D007218:Industrial Microbiology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D007220:Industrial Waste; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004147:Dioxins; D007220:Industrial Waste; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide