Last date for submission of paper: unknown; Contact person: Ms Mandy Zhou; World DNA Day has been a major bio-event in China since the first anniversary in 2005, celebrating the revolutionary developments in biological and medical sciences since the discovery of the double helix setting the stage for the advancement of biology and medicine in the 21st century. This magnificent event has gained broad public support for more than a decade, and has the additional goal of catalyzing multilateral international partnership in bio-economy, spreading and increasing the understanding of modern biological sciences among the lay public.