Scheduled for between April 14 and 17, the conference will cover unresolved issues like the relation between human genes and diseases, genetic study and evolution, ethics and legal issues.

　　There will also be 15 panel discussions, six panel speeches andfour theme speeches. Their topics will cover genome diversity, cancer, pharmaceutical and rice genomes as well as functions of the genome and bio-information science.

　　"China has made outstanding achievements in the study of the human genome, which is why we chose Shanghai as the host city," said Xu Lizhi, a Canadian professor of Chinese origin from the Toronto University and the Chairman of the World Human Genome Organization which is to sponsor the Conference.