The Eighth China Medical Biotech Forum opens on Oct 19 in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province. [Photo by Gao Zhongye/ dzwww.com]

The Eighth China Medical Biotech Forum was held in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province from Oct 18 to 21.

The forum, hosted by the China Medical Biotech Association (CMBA), attracted some 1,700 specialists, industry experts and medicine manufacturers from all over the world, including Tim Hunt, a UK biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 2001 and members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The Eighth China Medical Biotech Forum attracts industry experts from home and abroad in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province. [Photo by Zhao Bo/ dailyqd.com]

The Nobel Prize-winning British biochemist shared his research results of cell cycle regulation at the main forum, while Wei Yuquan, Chen Zhinan, and Wang Zhixin, three well-known industry experts made reports on China's development of innovative drugs and precision medicine.

The event provided a platform to showcase the latest technological innovations, exchange information about new research, discuss future research trends and the application of new medical biotechnology, as well as promote collaboration between academia and industry.

Some 1,700 specialists, industry experts and medicine manufacturers from all over the world take part in the Eighth China Medical Biotech Forum, held from Oct 18 to 21 in Qingdao, Shandong province. [Photo by Gao Zhongye/ dzwww.com]

According to the Qingdao government, the forum also helped to demonstrate the city's achievements in the field of medical biotechnology and lift its international profile in the industry.