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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
The planned astrometric space mission JASMINE will provide the exactpositions, distances, and proper motions of the bulge stars. These data will certainlyreveal the origin and evolution of the Galactic bulge. In fact, the formation process ofthe bulge is still veiled. It is generally believed that the Galactic bulge possesses asimple old population. On the other hand, the Galactic bulge has a bar with some kinematicimplications for a secular evolution. Here we review some evidences for the recent starformation in the Galactic bulge, that will be verified by JASMINE.