Abstract: The biobank is the most important source of samples and data for clinical diagnosis, treatment, and scientific research, which is of great significance for improving the level of disease diagnosis and treatment, promoting medical technology innovation, and enhancing people's health and well-being. Informed consent is a key link in the standardization, normalization, and systematic construction of biobanks. According to internationally recognized ethical standards and relevant regulations and policy documents on ethical review in China, combined with the actual construction of biobanks in Beijing, ethical guidelines for informed consent of biobanks in health facilities in Beijing have been developed for reference. It elaborates on the basic principles, key points of informed consent form, implementation process of informed consent, informed consent of vulnerable groups, sharing of biological samples and data, supervision and management, and other aspects.

Key words: biological specimen banks, informed consent, ethics committees research, biological specimens, data sharing, health facilities