Annual Report 2007 of Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences Table of contents 1. MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2 2. ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 3. PROGRESS IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 Completion of the Southwest China Germplasm Bank of Wild Species Rated as 2007 Top Ten Pieces of News in Science and Technology in China………………… 6 Breakthrough Made on Mechanism Study of Systemic Resistance Induction of Plant Caused by New Natural Pesticide with Antivirus Activities……………………… 7 New Progress Achieved in Phylogeography Study of Taxus wallichiana complex……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8 Important Breakthrough Made in Developing New Potential Anticancer Drugs………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………９ New Progress Made in Mechanism Study of Plant Responses to Low Temperature…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………10 Important Advances Made in Study on Plant Biodiversity Origin and Evolution Mechanism in Special Habitats of Tibetan Plateau………………………………………………11 'Ninth-Five' Key Program, R&D of New Natural Drugs against Several Serious Diseases, Passed Post-Evaluation…………………………………………………………………………………………12 Stage Achievements Made in Program of Investigation and Evaluation of Biofuel Resources in Yunnan……………………………………………………………………………………………………………13 Breakthroughs Achieved in Breeding New Varieties of Wild Flowers…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………14 Marked Achievements Made in Innovation and Development of New Natural Drugs……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………15 Investigation on Plant Diversity in Hengduan Mountains Area, Sino-Vietnamese Boundary Areas and Indochina Peninsula Successfully Completed…………………16 Compilation of the Botany Volume of the Biology Volumes of the Great Encyclopedia of China Commenced………………………………………………………………………………………………………17 4. ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………18 The 2007 State Supreme Scientific and Technological Award Granted to Prof. Wu Zhengyi…………………………………………………………………………………………………………18 Chemical Basic Study of Resource Drug of Higher Fungi…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………20 Study on Genetic Diversity and Endangerment Mechanism of Some Rare and Endangered Plants in Yunnan……………………………………………………………………………21 General Survey of Commercial Fungal Resources and Demonstration of Artificial-Promotion Propagation Techniques in Yunnan…………………………………………………22 Development of Anti-HIV/AIDS Drug, the SH Capsule………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………23 5. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION AND PATENT APPLICATION………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………24 6. NEW AND ONGOING NATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………24 7. INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL COOPERATIONS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………25 International Cooperation Projects Undertaken………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………25 Organizations Jointly Established……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………26 International Conferences Sponsored or Co-sponsored by KIB………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………26 Selected Foreign Affair Activities………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………27 Cooperation Programs with Enterprises……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………29 Transfer of Achievements…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………29 KIB Shareholding Enterprises……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………29 8. CONSTRUCTION OF TALENTS TEAM AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PLATFORMS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………30 Breakthrough Made in Construction of High-level Talents Team……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………30 Construction of Platform for Scientific Research………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………34 9. CONSTRUCTION OF INNOVATIVE CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………36 Infrastructure Projects during 'Tenth-Five' and Two Major Projects Passed Acceptance Examination……………………………………………………………………………………………36 KIB Maintained its Leading Role in Public Affairs and Propagandas in CAS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………36 Effectively Implementing CAS Public Affairs Management Standards………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………37 Outstanding Individuals and Organizations Emerging Continuously in the Institutionalized and Innovative Culture Construct………………………………………………………37 Strengthen Regulation Construction and Standardized Management……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………38 Institute-level ARP System Successfully Upgraded and the Second-phase Program under Preparation………………………………………………………………………………………38 Acceptation Examination of First-Stage Archive Collection to CAS Successfully Completed…………………………………………………………………………………………………………39 Appendix 1: Staff and Students ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………40 Appendix 2: List of Publications…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………46 Appendix 3: List of Patents Applied and Granted ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………63 Annual Report 2007 1. MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL In 2007, the second year of the third- on journals of TOP 15% of the JCR related fields, KIB phase of Knowledge Innovation Program, has made evident progresses in scientific publication, Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB) has both in terms of quantity and in quality of the papers. achieved great progress in terms of In 2007, KIB successfully published articles on some research projects, talents construction, world preeminent journals such as Proceedings of platforms’ establishment for scientific the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Molecular research, international cooperation and Ecology and Cell Death and Differentiation. Two industrialization. Besides significant papers of KIB were included into 'One-hundred Most academic achievements, KIB has further Influential International Scientific Papers in China' consolidated its institutionalized and sponsored by Ministry of S&T, namely, 'Natural innovative culture construction in the past Terphenyls: Developments since 1877' published in year. As for national, Chinese Academy Chemical Reviews by Prof. Liu Jikai in 2006 and 'Plant of Sciences (CAS) and provincial projects Cyclopeptides' published in the same journal and the undertaken, KIB has obtained a number same year by Prof. Tan Ninghua and Prof. Zhou Jun, of research funds including one special academician of CAS. project for basic research of Ministry of Construction work of the state key scientific Science and Technology of China (S&T), facilitation project 'The Southwest China Germplasm 22 projects of National Natural Science Bank of Wild Species' has been completed in April Foundation, 14 Yunnan Provincial S&T 2007. Collecting and screening germplasm resources Foundation projects and two Yunnan Talents have also made steady progress. The completion of projects. In addition, KIB participated in the first germplasm bank of wild species in China was two 973 Programs and 10 new international rated as one of the 2007 Top Ten Pieces of News in cooperation projects have been signed up. Science and Technology in China both by academicians In terms of talents construction, Dr. Tan from CAS and Chinese Academy of Engineering Ninghua received a grant from the National (CAE). In addition, the website of Botanical Garden Science Fund for Distinguished Young of Kunming has been made available and the plants Scholars, making herself the seventh winner of various sections were listed in the column 'Plant from KIB, and five high-level faculties were Database' of the webpage. Supported by Great recruited through the Talent Recruiting Plan. Encyclopedia of China Office and Yunnan Education Talents position-classification management Publishing House, the editing work of 'Botany Volume has been initially completed. KIB presently of the Biology Volumes of the Great Encyclopedia of owns 272 graduate students, two doctoral China' formally commenced at KIB. The KIB-National students won 2007 CAS President’s Award Science Library Domain Information Service Station for Excellence and six graduate students formally launched in 2007. won 2007 CAS Honor Awards. Yunnan Green-Land Biological Technology Co., Prof. Wu Zhengyi, academician of CAS, Ltd., a KIB shareholding enterprise, was successfully was granted the State Supreme Scientific listed in the stock market in 2007, setting an and Technological Award in 2007. KIB excellent paradigm for transfer of scientific research received two first-class and one second- achievements at KIB. It also provides valuable class natural science prizes of Yunnan experience and reference for KIB in facilitating Scientific and Technological Award, one industrialization. In the past year, KIB has signed second-class prize of Yunnan Scientific cooperation agreements and memoranda of and Technological Progress Award. With understanding for scientific research with many articles embodied by SCI index numbered organizations including Korean Industry Promotion 202, of which, 34