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Central Government Urges Taiwan Authorities Not to Obstruct Mainland Donations ...China Bans Canadian Beef Product Imports ...China Tightens Wine Standards...Kodak Dishes Out Money to Investors in China 
 
The Taiwan Affairs Office of China's State Council has urged Taiwan authorities not to obstruct mainland donations for the fight against SARS.

Spokesperson of the Office, Li Weiyi, says since the SARS outbreak in Taiwan, the Chinese mainland has donated a great deal of prevention and treatment articles, but these have been blocked by the local authorities.

Li Weiyi says the mainland is ready to offer help to the Taiwan people in their combat against SARS.

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China has banned imports of beef and related products from Canada.

The Ministry of Agriculture and State Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine issued the notice Wednesday.

Local quarantine organizations have also been asked to keep a close watch on recently imported embryos from Canada as well as cows and their offspring.

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China has worked out a regulation to harmonize the country's wine industry with international practices.

According to the new rule, sales of wine products made from grape juice mixture instead of 100-percent grape juice will be banned in China starting June 30.

From last Saturday, only products made from 100-percent grape juice can be called "wine".

More than 40 percent of wine products on China's market are mixed products, and is not considered wine according to international definitions. This has led to problems for the country's wine exporters.

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Film giant Kodak plans to increase the value of loans ered to investors interested in joining its digital printing chain stores to one million yuan (120,400 dollars).

Kodak launched the program with the Bank of China early last year as part of its plan to form a nationwide network to print photos taken by digital cameras.

The previous limit was 700,000 yuan but many investors were put off by the cost of digital equipment, said Kodak spokeswoman Chen Yaorong. Kodak has so far set up 8,300 Kodak Express printing stores in China, including 1,400 digital printing outlets, a 10-fold increase from the previous year, and plans to increase the number to 2,000 by the end
of 2003.