a) Please search for data of interest on CNGBdb, and get the CNSA project accession：CNPxxxxxxx.

b) The Public Data is displayed on CNGBdb and opens to the world. Users can access or use it freely at CNGBdb. The Controlled Data, that is, the metadata (project, sample, experiment / run, and variant) is public and the data files are controlled which can be applied to access by other registered users. The Private Data is not displayed on CNGBdb and cannot be accessed by no one.

a) Please download the “Controlled Data Application Form” (“application form”) by clicking “CNGB data access” in the navigation bar.

b) Please fill in the form carefully, and ensure that all information (including but not limited to the given information) involved in the application and any documents / materials sent to CNGBdb have been strictly reviewed.

c) Once completed the application, an electronic form (in DOC / DOCX version), a signed and sealed copy of this application by you and your authorized institutional representative, and the required materials (ex: ethic approval letters) must be e-mailed to datasubs@cngb.org as soon as possible.

d) The signed and sealed copy will be transferred to Data Submitter (refers to the users who submitted data to CNGBdb) by CNGBdb.

e) Data Submitter will review your application and determine whether to accept your application.

f) The platform will notify you via e-mail whether the application is accepted. Once the application has been approved by Data Submitter, you can access and download data via CNGBdb.

a) Please note that, the initial time limit for the platform to provide and open-up Controlled Data for Data Applicants is set by Data Submitter. To extend the period of use, a signed and sealed copy of written instructions (signed by you and the authorized institutional responsibility) should be send to CNGBdb [email: datasubs@cngb.org ] by you. After being approved by Data Submitter and the platform, the platform will extend the applied Controlled Data usage period according to Data Submitter’s instructions.

b) According to the Regulations, if the Data Submitter accept to provide the submitted HGR information to any foreign entities via CNGBdb or making HGR information available to the general public, a security review SHOULD be organized if it may affect public health, national security or the public interest, and Data Submitter NEED to provide to CNGBdb with the record-filing form※;

c) In relation to the external provision of HGR information, the initial period and the extended total period to access this Controlled Data shall not exceed the corresponding period for external provision of HGR information specified in the “record-filing form” provided by Data Submitter. If the time limit is exceeded, CNGBdb will refuse or suspend the access and / or use of this Controlled Data, and will contact Data Submitter to confirm the period of the external provision of HGR information.

d) If the recordation for external provision of HGR information is terminated or revoked by MoST, the Data Submitter will immediately notify CNGBdb (datasubs@cngb.org) day when the administrative license is revoked, or the recordation is terminated. CNGBdb has the right to take corresponding measures (including but not limited to immediately suspend the service, terminate the service or delete the corresponding information, etc.) when receiving the notice or discovering the aforementioned situation through other ways.