Genetics China makes genetic data a national resource

It is not entirely clear which gene banks you mean, which organisms?

@argentum Human genes

we will wait for the opinions of other users

Posted by: @morphism

The Chinese government has identified genetic data as a national strategic resource and is strengthening state control over the country's gene banks and other repositories of genetic information. Is it a way which will be followed by any country soon? What's your opinion?

I didn't understand a little, but why do they need it? And why is it a strategic resource?

I found some very strange information 😯 😯 😯 

"The National Genetic Database (NGD) is an ideal tool for finding organ donors for the ruling elite. For example, some local leader or his grandfather's brother got sick, turned to  NGD, found a suitable young man and a few days later he goes missing."

@ekaterina-gribacheva Sounds like a conspiracy theory 😐 

@ekaterina-gribacheva sounds creepy)))

@ekaterina-gribacheva I wonder how reliable this information is?

Do many countries have such a database?

@argentum I think yes. E.g. in USA

Other countries, including the U.K. and the U.S., have created large databases of genetic and health information from hundreds of thousands of participants, but China's new rules suggest a new level of governmental control on genetic information.

source https://www.axios.com/china-makes-genetics-data-national-resource-87c6c56c-753b-4329-b91f-496d2853cbac.html  

The above resource does not cover the question of why these genetic data are collected.

@benzol00 thanks!