Proteomics in China: Ready for prime time

Proteomics is a newborn science focusing on the comprehensive systematic analysis of all proteins in the molecule machineries, organelles, cells, tissues, organs or intact organisms. It has been becoming one of the focuses in life sciences and the cutting-edged techniques in biotechnologies in the 21st century. During last decade, proteomics in China has developed much faster than other developing fields in life sciences. This review article briefly retrospects the origin and development of proteomics in China, also provides an overview on the representative scientific progress and perspectives.