Award: 1st Prize of Guangdong Science and Technology Award Recipient: BGI Research Issued by: Guangdong Provincial People's Government

Award: The 18th China Patent Excellence Award Recipient: BGI Tech Issued by: Intellectual Property Bureau of China

Award: 2016 Annual Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (Science and Technology) - Second Prize of Natural Science Award Recipient: BGI Research Issued by: Ministry of Education of China

Award: Genomics Research on Urological Malignancies wins the second prize of the Natural Science Award Recipient: BGI Research Issued by: Ministry of Education of China

Award: SCI Impact Factor ranks sixth in all comprehensive journals Recipient: GigaScience Issued by: Thomson Reuters Corporation

Award: BGI ranksNo. 1among Chinese organizations and 12 among international organizations on Nature Index 2016. Recipient: BGI Group Issued by: Nature (journal)