The third Chinese Peptide Symposium, held in Beijing, China on June 13-17, 1994, consisted to ten sessions, with 43 oral and 42 poster presentations. There were 75 papers selected for publication in these proceedings. These articles represent the most current and significant aspects of peptide science. The contributions in this book are grouped into six sections: Synthetic methods Biomedical peptides Neuropeptides Endocrinological peptides Peptide immunology Peptide libraries /LIST "