Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academyof Sciences (GlBH) was jointly established by Chinese Academy ofSciences (CAS), the People's Government of Guangdong Province andthe People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality after the SARSoutbreak in 2003 and was ofhcially founded in March 2006. lt is thehrst research institute of CAS that focuses on local economic andsocial development and manifests CAS's cooperation with the localgovernment. The establishment of GlBH has compensated the lackingof a national biomedicine research institute in South China, and hasbeen regarded as a successful example in the exploration of buildingnew R&D institute in China.
