Our delegation headed by the Director of the CGB returned from Beijing (PRC), where it participated in the ABC 2024 symposium as well as in the 9th Big Data Forum for life and Health Sciences, held from October 16 to 18. Genome and transcriptome sequencing, epigenomics and other important topics were discussed at this symposium. A memorandum of cooperation was also signed between the CGB, ASU and the Chinese National Bioinformatics Centers. This memorandum includes the joint training of students and the implementation of joint projects in bioinformatics.