Time: 7:00-7:50 p.m., July 25

Location: Hall 5, 1F, Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition CenterPlants not only teach us a sense of harmony and colorfulness, but also help us open the doors to understanding the secrets of all life. The discovery of the double helix structure of DNA opened a new epoch of life sciences and biotechnologies, which revolutionized our understanding of the life and diversity of plants. The Human Genome Project (HGP), with its belief that “Life is of Sequences, Life is Digital”, provides a new concept of genomics and all other omics, a new technology of sequencing and a new culture of globalized collaboration under the HGP Spirit, “needed by all, owned by all, done by all and shared by all”.Huan-Ming Yang

Huan-Ming Yang is one of the leading genetics scientists in China, the chairman and co-founder of the Beijing Genomics Institute and chief coordinator of the Chinese Hybrid Rice Genome Consortium. He is also secretary-general of the Chinese Human Genome Project (HGP).