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ollowing the university motto of QIAN QIAN “Strictest standards, greatest F efforts” and building on the success DIRECTOR GENERAL of our Shenzhen graduate school, HIT AGRICULTURAL GENOMICS established the Shenzhen campus in 2014. INSTITUTE AT SHENZHEN, By maintaining the vigour and staying CHINESE ACADEMY OF connected to industry needs, we aim to AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES become a first-class university domesti- cally and eventually, a world-leading insti- GIS-CAAS is a government-sup- tution for science and engineering.  ported scientific research organiza- A tion under the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Registered and opened in Shenzhen, it focuses on agricul- tural genomics, agricultural biology, molecular breeding, and agricultural and food metagenomics. security, biosafety and other key issues The AGIS is positioned as a plat- related to national economy and people’s form-based institution dedicated to funda- livelihood by advancing agricultural technol- mental research and advanced industrial ogies and the agriculture industry. We application. Aiming to meet national needs sincerely welcome more global talents to join to develop agricultural science and tech- us to create a world-class agricultural nology, we are committed to address food genomics centre.  LU XIANPING CEO CHIPSCREEN BIOSCIENCES PRESIDENT WANG JIAN BGI hipscreen Biosciences was founded in Shenzhen, China in 2001. After “ Trans-omics Cyears of relentless effort, we have for a better life.” developed core competency in making orig- inal new drugs that meet urgent needs of patients and established ourselves as an mission of making original, safe, and e ec- innovative biomedical enterprise, integrating tive Chinese drugs, we are committed to research & development, drug manufac- providing patients with affordable, innova- turing and marketing. Following our core tive treatments at Chipscreen. 

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