BGI revealed the whole genome sequence of four SARS virus strains for the first time in China. Then Chinese President Hu Jintao visited BGI and expressed his appreciation to the researchers.

BGI Genomics Co., Ltd. (stock code: 300676) was listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

A research paper on the framework of the Chinese rice (Japonica) genome work was published in Science as a cover story.

The major achievements in the yeast genome synthesis project were published in Science as a cover story and special feature.

BGISEQ-50, a proprietary high-throughput desktop sequencing system, was launched globally.

The 1% project work framework of the Human Genome Project was completed.