Biomedicine Big Data—Trends and Prospect

This forward-looking review focuses on the development and applications for Biomedicine Big Data (BMBD), and its role in the engineering system for data management, scientific and technological research and development, as well as in social and economic transformation. The review starts with an elaboration on the complex connotations of BMDB from the inter-disciplinary point of view. It then explores the implications of BMDB in sectors such as life science research, medical and health institutions, and biotechnology and bio-medicine industries in connection with the challenges and opportunities faced by social and economic development. The recent COVID-19 outbreak is used as an illustrative case study. The review ends with an analysis of a decade of BMBD practice, both domestically and abroad, with suggestions for policy-making and solutions to tackle major challenges from China’s perspective. It is hoped that any BMBD-related institutions, including administrative, academic, industrial, financial and social organizations,practitioners and users will benefit from this insightful summary drawn from the past decades of BMBD practice. Any critical comments and constructive suggestions are sincerely welcomed by the authors.