Overview
BGI Group is a Chinese genomics and life sciences company. Develops laboratory automation, AI-powered genomic analysis, and robotic DNA sequencing systems.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
Industry
Technology
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Partnerships
Every company BGI Group has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Oxford University Press1× joint
Most recent
BGI Group on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (5)
- Yu Jun Co-Foundersecondary-verified
- Yin Ye CEOsecondary-verified
- Wang Jian Co-Foundersecondary-verified
- Liu Siqi Co-Foundersecondary-verified
- Yang Huanming Co-Foundersecondary-verified
Founders (4)
- Yu Junno longer at company
- Wang Jianno longer at company
previously at BGI Genomics, Sinovation Medical
- Liu Siqino longer at company
- Yang Huanmingno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for BGI Group.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
BGI Group in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company BGI Group has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Oxford University Press1× joint
All 1 partnerships
open in the atlas →- BGI Group x Oxford University PresswithOxford University Pressother—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for BGI Group.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning BGI Group from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Department of Defense Blacklist Will Lead to F and J Visa Denials - Chodorow Law Offices
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Pentagon Adds 65 New Entities to the 1260H List of Chinese Military Companies - WilmerHale
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14 Guangdong firms enter 2025 Fortune China Tech 50 list - chinadailyhk
<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE41dC1YYjlwamNpOV9paVNWVkZ0MWRsN2RITEtSaG9CNEYwWkp3WklqVWlYaFNuX0VDaGpQTEVjblpSZi1rMDF6U1FtMFlFNURXdXdoSXgwSWN3Zw?oc=5"…
Global MPs call for sanctions against firms complicit in DNA harvesting of Tibetans, Uyghurs - Uganda Observer
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70-yr-old Wang Jian becomes oldest Chinese to reach summit of Mt Qomolangma - chinadailyhk
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China’s quest for human genetic data spurs fears of a DNA arms race - The Washington Post
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Chinese firms among 37 added to US trade blacklist - Taipei Times
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As colorectal cancer for the under 50s rises, regular screening is vital to facilitate earlier treatment l BGI Perspectives - bgi.com
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China’s gene giant harvests data from millions of women - Reuters
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Sanctioning Chinese firms ‘double-edged sword’ for US - Global Times
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US to Blacklist 11 Chinese Companies Over Alleged Xinjiang Human Rights Abuses - Business Insider
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BGI: China meets Europe in the Baltics - Labs of Latvia
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/bgi-group.md
- RSS feed: /companies/bgi-group/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/2d660acb-b0e4-4649-bc30-19bafad1fb4d
- Revision history: /companies/bgi-group/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place BGI Group against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 3, 2026