Cold Spring Harbor Asia (CSHA) conference was first held at the bank of the Dushu Lake in 2010. As the only overseas branch of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) headquartered in the United States, it carries on the tradition to provide a unique platform for the Asian and even global scientists and students to share the latest progress in scientific research.

Over the last eight years, 118 academic seminars and symposiums have been held, attracting more than 10,000 scientists and high-level management in biomedical business from all over the world, including nine Nobel laureates and over 400 academicians from different countries.

CSHL, founded in 1890 at Long Island, New York, is known as the "holy land of life science" and "cradle of molecular biology". James Watson, known as the "father of DNA", serves as honorary president of CSHL.

During the eight years of operation, CSHA has been recognized as the communication platform of life science featuring the highest academic quality, the widest coverage and the largest number of annual meetings in the Asian-Pacific region.

The most distinctive characteristic of CSHA is that a majority of speeches and reports made public at related meetings and conferences include the latest unpublished scientific research findings.

CSHA is expected to hold another 17 international academic activities this year.