Plant Biology Research Comes of Age in China

Recently,plant biology research in Mainland China has achieved an amazing advancement,which was indicated by the publications in the major plant-specific and general scientific journals during the last 15 years.This achievement was benefited from the China's program of reform and opening as well as the early roots of plant biology in China.By describing the progress of China's representative institutions,and summarizing the breakthroughs in rice and Arabidopsis research,we clearly see a brighter future for plant biology research in China,although many challenges ahead.