By  Li Ming

The cloned Japanese black calf  "Bei Bei", a photo taken by Zhou Xuefeng.

The first cloned Japanese black cattle in Qinhuangdao called Bei Bei is developing well at a breeding center in Funing county in Qinhuangdao.

Last June the breeding center cooperated with a biotech company in Langfang; they extracted the somatic cells and ear cells from a Japanese black cow and transplanted the embryo cells into 43 cows.

On March 20, one cow gave birth to a calf called Bei Bei. Now the calf looks similar to his father – a Japanese black bull, which is considered as the best-quality cattle in Japan.