Yin Ye, CEO of Shenzhen-based BGI Genomics, signs a board as representatives from Huawei Technologies, Aliyun, Baidu, Wegene and GeneDock look on during the launching ceremony of Genomics and Cloud Technology Alliance at Qilin Villas in Nanshan District, Shenzhen yesterday afternoon. Taking “sharing and cooperation” as their slogan, the alliance aims to further cooperation in biotech and IT companies in areas of genome sequencing and big data analysis, which will in turn bring about the progress in precision medicine and benefit the general public.Debra Li