With the fast development of cutting-edge technologies and their greater integration into human life, more ethical challenges emerge.The problem became more salient when the world's first genetically edited babies were born in China in violation ofexisting ethical rules.Although the responsible researcher He Jiankui was sentenced for imprisonmentfor three years last December, it is still necessary to examine the current status of research ethics and the challenges in China.Has China set up a sophisticated research ethics system? For research ethics and their implementation in China, are there unique national characteristics? Can the dominant ethics principles primarily developed from life science research be equally adopted in the emerging artificial intelligence research and development?At an online forum organized by National Science Review (NSR) and through subsequent correspondences among forum participants, NSR Executive Editor-in-Chief Mu-ming Poo and guest moderator Hepeng Jia asked three scientists and three bioethicists or philosophers of science and technology, in the field to examine the dynamic development of research ethics in China.