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Jenny Yao

Project Management Officer of the Beijing Science and Innovation Team

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23rd November 2016 Beijing, China

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Project Management Officer of the Beijing Science and Innovation Team

First non-animal test method accepted by China

China has taken an important step, supported by the Science & Innovation team in Beijing, to improve animal welfare in China. On 11 November the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) published its first non-animal method for testing cosmetic ingredients. This is great news as the new method can now be used to assess the […]

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11th November 2015 Beijing, China

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Project Management Officer of the Beijing Science and Innovation Team

Meeting with a Nobel Prize Winner – Chinese Scientist Tu Youyou

It was the first snow of winter in Beijing on Friday Morning 6th November 2015. The beautiful snowflakes paved a wide carpet to the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (ICMM). It was freezing cold outside, but there was a warm atmosphere in a meeting room in the ICMM. In […]

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About Jenny Yao

I’m Jenny Yao, Project Management Officer of the Beijing Science and Innovation Team. I am leading on projects for animal welfare and ethics in China to support China to work…

I’m Jenny Yao, Project Management Officer of the Beijing Science and Innovation Team. I am leading on projects for animal welfare and ethics in China to support China to work towards applying for OECD (MAD) system for the Non-clinical Safety Testing of Pharmaceuticals, eliminate unnecessary animal testing for cosmetics and embedding standards for welfare and ethical use of animals in science. I used to work for HMRC Beijing Office at the embassy for 2 years.

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