Department of Biology was granted the right to confer master degree and doctor degree.

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Cell Micro-Environment and Disease Research was approved to establish.

SUSTech-PKU Institute of Plant and Food Science was established. 

Overseas Talent Youth Team of Advanced Research on Frontier Mechanism of Plant Epigenetics joined Pearl River Talent Program of Guangdong Province.

Pain Medicine Center was established.

Animal Testing Center was established.