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With advanced genetic reading, writing and storage, multi-disciplinary and new biological research system and abundant application cases, BGI has established extensive collaborations with domestic and international standardization organizations, industry-leading research institutions and enterprises, aiming at building the most influential standards and databases in the field of life science, and promoting the development of human health services and technology applications, based on “big platform”, “big data”, “big science”, “big industry” and “big livelihood project”.

BGI participates in more than a dozen industry standard organizations or industry alliances, and assumes more than a dozen important seats, serving as vice chairperson, director of China, president of the association, or expert committee in organizations such as ISO, ISBER, SZAS, and LTIA. At the same time, BGI actively submitted standard proposals. In 2020, more than 69 standard proposals were submitted, and more than 260 were submitted in total, making important contributions to promoting the development and implementation of the world's leading standards and escorting the development of the industry. A number of high-throughput genetic sequencing reference materials developed in cooperation with National Institutes for Food and Drug Control of China, National Institute of Metrology of China and other units are indispensable tools for metrological calibration in the industry and fill many industry gaps.

BGI not only participates in existing standards organizations, but also advocates and takes the lead in establishing new standards organizations in accordance with the development needs of emerging technologies to promote and regulate the development of new technologies. For example, in 2018 and 2020, BGI has led the establishment of the National Information Technology Standardization Committee Biometric Sub-Committee (SAC / TC28 / SC37) Genome Identification Working Group and the National Biochemistry Products and Testing Technology Standardization Committee (SAC / TC387 / WG1) Data and Database Working Group, and has organized several plenary meetings of the working group to promote the development and implementation of a number of national standards for genetic data and genetic data security.

In addition, as the first comprehensive standardization pilot for the gene industry in Guangdong Province, BGI successfully passed the acceptance in 2017. In 2019, BGI was rated as a Shenzhen R&D and standardization synchronous A-level demonstration enterprise. The national standardization pilot for genetic health services undertaken by BGI in 2020 passed the acceptance smoothly. The Guangdong Province High-tech Service (Gene Health) Standardization Demonstration Project that BGI applied in 2021 was also successfully approved.

Curiosity, Application of Knowledge, Working for the Betterment of Mankind.

Standards

Curiosity, Application of Knowledge,
Working for the Betterment of Mankind.