On December 27th 2008, the Chinese Premier Mr. Wen Jiabao visited Beijing-based Zhongguancun Science Park, known as China's Silicon Valley, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of its founding in 1988.
December 19th, 2008, CapitalBio Corporation announced that Professor Jing Cheng, the Director of NERCBBT (National Engineering Research Center for Beijing Biochip Technology) and the CTO of CapitalBio Corporation was awarded the “2008 Tanjiazhen Life Science Innovation Award” for his outstanding contribution to the field of biochip development in China.
October 29th, 2008, Professor Jing Cheng, the Director of NERCBBT (National Engineering Research Center for Beijing Biochip Technology) and the CTO of CapitalBio Corporation has been awarded the “2008 HO LEUNG HO LEE Prize for Scientific and Technological Innovation” for his outstanding contribution to the development of Biochip Technology in China.
OCTOBER 15, 2008, CapitalBio Corporation, a leading Chinese life science company which develops and markets biochip technologies, tools and services and VigeneTech Inc. which develops image analysis solutions for bioscience research, announced a strategic partnership to create integrated hardware-software solutions for protein array analysis. Customized OEM software made from VigeneTech will be integrated with CapitalBio LuxScan microarray scanners to provide fully integrated and personalized solutions.