White biotechnology (WB) industry, which is often referred to the third wave in biotechnology, is one of the most promising new approaches to pollution prevention, resource conservation, and cost reduction around the world. Eying the huge economic benefit, environmental benefit and social benefit from WB industry, China has paid great attention to WB industry development. In the last two decades, WB industry in China has developed at a rapid clip.

The first version and the second version of this report had been finished in April 2008 and by February 2009 by CCM. The third edition, with content improved and more insightful views, also has been finished in May 2011. The report is the only one and the latest one available in the world to provide good understanding about the white biotechnology in China and to find out the business opportunities in this field.

4 reasons to carry out this research

 -White biotechnology developing fast in China
 -Short supply of energy and fossil materials
 -Government supports WB industry
 -Huge opportunities

 Major achievements in White Technology in China in recent years
 Fuel ethanol produced from non-food renewable materials
 Super yeast with higher ethanol tolerance (15%~17% ethanol concentration), used in fuel ethanol production
 Pilot production of fuel ethanol using lignocellulosic materials
 Biomaterials, such as PHA and PLA, were introduced into the market.
 Some bio-based chemicals, such as di-acids, 1,3-PDO, acrylamide have been developed.
 Technology of some bio-based chemicals was greatly improved, especially that of vitamins.

 What is covered in the latest report?

 Policies and regulations on renewable feedstock, WB products, environmental protection, subsidies, incentives, etc.
 Renewable feedstock planting and supply situation in China. Over 15 major renewable feedstock essential to white biotechnology including the categories of main-food materials, non-food materials, vegetable oils and cellulosic materials are summarized.
 Market info of key WB products. The market data, major players, technical suppliers, technologies or R&D situations are included. About 27 WB-related products are summarized falling into the categories of bio-fuels, bio-materials, bio-products and bio-based chemicals.
 Overview of white biotechnology. Latest market value estimation breakdown by category, cutting-edge technology developments, development environments analysis, SWOT analysis.
 Future prospects of white biotechnology, supply and demand forecasts on major products or categories, prospects on potential WB products, key drivers, bottlenecks, and opportunities.
 Driven forces and key factors for the development of white biotechnology.
 Opportunities in white biotechnology and recommendations.
 Profiles of the major players, researching institutes, top scientists.
 Supporting materials like water, energy, labor cost in different locations in China.

 What are the benefits of the report?

 Gain a clear understanding of the industry landscape and the latest developments in R&D, production, technology advances and future trends in industrial biotechnology in China
 Know the development stages and international status of key WB products of China based on basic data and latest info
 Get reasonable and constructive suggestions on the market opportunities in WB fields in China
 Understand the overall situation of renewable materials supply situation in China based on comprehensive and integrated data
 Get a thorough analysis of the market place for industrial biotechnology in China, the current trend and future growth prospects
 Learn more about the latest advances in commercialization of WB products within China and how policies and incentives that can encourage growth
 Know more about how innovative players and research groups are driving innovation, collaboration and achieving commercial success in China

 What’s new in this edition?

The updated edition will be strengthened over the last edition mainly from the aspects of:
? Volume and value of market size, production, etc. will be presented.
? Analysis on the development bottleneck and investment opportunities of White Biotechnology in China will be more detailed.
? Analysis on bio-fuels and bio-materials will be more in-depth.
? Overviews of the cutting-edge technology development and development environments of China’s White Biotechnology will be more detailed.
? SWOT analysis on analysis of China’s white biotechnology will more detailed.

Besides, some other significant differences from the previous version are listed as follows:


-Driving forces and barriers are more etailed in new edition.
-Supply & demand are more higher accurate in new edition.
-SWOT analysis is more detailed.
-Bio-materials(Starch-based materials,PPC) is new added in new edition.
-Microalgae diesel is potential in new edition.


 Who needs to subscribe this report?

Biotechnology companies
?-Update your knowledge and notice on the latest developments of the market, R&D and applications in China
?-Discover the potential opportunities for white biotechnology in China
?-Benefit from a thorough review of new applications for bio-based products and assess the potential for the further growth of your company
Chemicals and plastic companies
?-Learn how white biotechnologies and renewable raw materials will change the status quo of this industry and its future
?-Keep informed of recent developments of white biotechnology in China
End users of bio-based products
?-Know what superior and novel WB products you can get from China and then create more value to your customers and present commercial opportunities for you
Research organizations and academies
?-Know the latest technical developments and the newest scientific breakthroughs
?-Identify the most significant commercial opportunities to steer future research

Executive summary
Introduction and methodology
I Governmental regulations on white biotechnology and their impacts and forecast
I-1 Regulations on feedstocks, products
I-2 Environmental regulations
I-3 Subsidies and incentives
I-4 Other regulations, industry standards, etc
I-5 Entry barriers/regulations for foreign investors, possibilities to acquire/invest/build a industrial white biotechnology company in China
II Renewable feedstocks supply in China
II-1 Overview of the renewable feedstock planting and supply in China
II-2 Planting area and location, volume availability, supply, demand, price history, import/export, future prospects, key application areas, etc of:
II-2-1 Feedstocks as the main food
II-2-1.1 Corn
II-2-1.2 Sugar
II-2-1.3 Wheat
II-2-1.4 Rice
II-2-2 None-food feedstock
II-2-2.1 Cassava
II-2-2.2 Molasses
II-2-2.2 Sweet potato
II-2-2.3 Sweet sorghum
II-2-3 Vegetable oils
II-2-3.1 Soybean oil
II-2-3.2 Rapeseed oil
II-2-3.3 Animal oil
II-2-4 Lignocellulosic raw materials
II-2-4.1 Corn Cob
II-2-4.2 Corn Stover
II-2-4.3 Wheat/Rice Straw
II-2-4.4 Wood Wastes
III Key white biotechnology products
III-1 Existing commercial products
III-1-1 Bio-products
III-1-1.1 Yeast
III-1-1.2 Enzymes
III-1-1.2.1 - £\-Amylase
III-1-1.2.2 - Gluco-amylase
III-1-1.2.3 - Lipase
III-1-1.2.4 - Pectinase
III-1-2 Bio-fuels
III-1-2.1 Fuel Ethanol
III-1-2.2 Bio-Diesel
III-1-3 Bio-based fine chemicals
III-1-3.1 Lactic acid
III-1-3.2 Amino Acids
III-1-3.2.1 - MSG
III-1-3.2.2 - Lysine
III-1-3.3 Antibiotics
III-1-3.4 Nucleic Acid
III-1-3.5 Polysaccharides
III-1-3.6 Vitamins
III-1-3.6.1 - Inositol
III-1.3.6.2 - Vitamin C
III-1.3.6.3 - Vitamin B
III-1-4 Bio-based chemicals
III-1-4.1 Itaconic acid
III-1-4.2 Butanol
III-1-4.3 Acetone
III-2 Emerging commercial products
III-2-1 Bio-products
III-2-1.1 C5/C6 yeast
III-2-1.2 Cellulase (lignocellulosic enzymes)
III-2-2 Bio-based chemicals
III-2-2.1 1,3 PDO
III-2-2.2 Di-acids
III-2-2.3 Succinic Acid
III-2-3 Bio-mateirals
III-2-3.1 PHA
III-2-3.2 Others
III-3 Potential products
III-3-1 C3 platform
III-3-1.1 Acrylic acid
III-3-1.2 3HPA
III-3-2 Caprolactam
IV Key WB players
IV-1 Top 5 SOC players
IV-1-1 COFCO Limited
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IV-1-5 Zhejiang Hisun Biomaterials Co., Ltd.
IV-2 Top 5 private companies
IV-2-1 Sichuan Gushan Vegetable Fat Chemistry Co.Ltd
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IV-2-5 Zhaodong Aier Lactic acid Co.,Ltd
IV-3 Top 5 MNC players
IV-3-1 Novozymes (China) Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
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IV-3-5 Cathay Industrial Biotech Ltd.
IV-4 Start-up players
IV-4-1 Obioer Technology Co., Ltd.
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IV-4-5 Tianhong Bioenergy Technology & Development Co., Ltd.
IV-5 Key customers for WB products
IV-5-1 China Petroleum&Chemical Corporation
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IV-5-7 Chia Tai Group (feed, amino acids)
V Key WB researching groups, technical suppliers and top scientists
V-1 Scientists and their directions
V-2 Research on pretreatment
V-3 Research on strain
V-4 Research on fermentation
V-5 Extraction technique in PHA industry
V-6 Waste water treatment
V-7 Summary
VI Future prospects
VI-1 Drivers
VI-2 Bottlenecks
VI-3 Future prospects
VI-3.1 Bio-fuels
VI-3.2 Bio-materials
VI-3.3 Bio-based chemicals
VII Conclusion and recommendation SWOT analysis for each recommendation
VII-1 Conclusion
VII-2 Recommendation
VIII Appendix and supporting materials
VIII-1 Water, energy, labor cost in different locations of China
VIII-2 Other supporting materials: Starch & Starch Derivatives Exhibition 2008 (Shanghai)

LIST OF TABLES
Table I Industrial status of WB products in China
Table II Market development of Bio-fuel, forecasted to 2020, million tonnes
Table III Market development of Bio-degradable plastic, forecasted to 2020, tonnes
Table IV Opportunities in White Biotechnology in China
Table II-2-1.1-1 Geographical distribution of corn output in China from 2005 to 2007
Table II-2-1.1-2 China¡¦s import volume and export volume of corn in 2006 and 2007, tonne
Table II-2-1.2-1 Planting area of sugar cane and sugar beet in China, 2001~2007, unit: khm2
Table II-2-1.2-2 Sugar cane planting area in major provinces in China, 2001~2006, khm2
Table II-2-1.2-3 Total planting area of sugar beet and the major planting provinces, khm2
Table II-2-1.2-4 Import & export volume of sugar, 2000~2007, kt
Table II-2-1.3-1 China¡¦s import volume and export volume of wheat in 2006 and 2007, tonne
Table II-2-1.3-2 Flour consumption in China in 2007
Figure II-2-1.4-2 Distribution of rice planting in China
Table II-2-2.1-1 The unit raw material consumption for cassava starch production
Table II-2-2.1-2 The comparison of alcohol production with different raw materials
Table II-2-3.1-1 Soybean oil volume for edible consumption in China from 2004 to 2007
Table II-2-3.2-1 The distribution of rapeseed oil production
Table II-2-4.1-1 The output of corn and corn cob in China from 2000 to 2007
Table II-2-4.1-2 Manufacturers of corn cobs powder in 2006
Table II-2-4.1-1 Market price of corn cob in some major producing provinces in China in recent years
Table II-2-4.2-1 The output of corn and corn stover in China from 2000 to 2007
Table II-2-4.3-1 The output of wheat/rice and wheat/rice straw in China from 2000 to 2007
Table II-2-4.4-1 The wood wastes in lumber mill
Table III-1-1.1 -1 Fuel ethanol producers in China
Table III-1-1.1 -2 Angel¡¦s super yeast for fuel ethanol
Table III-1-1.1 -3 Major yeast manufacturers in China, 2008
Table III-1-1.1 -4 Potential market size of active dry yeast in China
Table III-1-1.1 -5 Manufacturing cost analysis for the production of active dry yeast (4,000t/a line, facilities investment: 120 million yuan)
Table III-1-1.2.1-1 £\-Amylase preparations and its characteristics
Table III-1-1.2.1-2 Specification of thermal stable amylase preparation
Table III-1-1.2.1-3 Demand for a-amylase based on applications in 2007 and forecast in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2016, thousand tonnes
Table III-1-1.2.1-4 Situation of a-amylase end use segments
Table III-1-1.2.1-5 Major producers of £\-amylase in China, 2008
Table III-1-1.2.2-1 Demand for Gluco-amylase based on applications in 2007, and forecast in 2009, 2011 and 2016, thousand tonnes
Table III-1-1.2.2-2 Situation of gluco-amylase end use segments
Table III-1-1.2.2-3 Manufacturing cost and profit margin of gluco-amylase in China, 2008
Table III-1-1.2.2-3 Manufacturing cost and profit margin of gluco-amylase in China, 2008
Table III-1-1.2.3-1 Major Producers of lipase in China, 2008
Table III-1-1.2.3-2 Demand for lipase based on applications, 2007~2016, tonne
Table III-1-1.2.3-2 Demand for lipase based on applications, 2007~2016, tonne
Table III-1-1.2.4-1 Major producers of pectinase in China, 2008
Table III-1-1.2.4-2 Demand for pectinase based on applications in 2007, and forecast in 2009, 2011 and 2016, tonne
Table III-1-2.1-1 The capacity of fuel ethanol in 4 assigned enterprises in China
Table III-1-2.1-2 Some new projects of fuel ethanol under construction in China
Table III-1-2.1-3 The consumption volume of fuel ethanol in 2005~2007, and forecast in 2010
Table III-1-2.2-1 The standard of bio-diesel in different countries
Table III-1-2.2-2 Bio- Diesel products launched production in China, 2006
Table III-1-2.2-3 Bio- Diesel Items put into production in China, 2007
Table III-1-2.2-4 Situation of bio-diesel manufacturers in China in 2008
Table III-1-2.2-5 Information about the potential bio-diesel projects to be built in China
Table III-1-2.2-6 Distribution and output of products from major oil t