What is bio-economy？ Sixteen ＂super brain＂ discussed this technological revolution from many angles.
Feel the new kinetic energy of tsunami development.
Open the door to the future world
-The book Bio-economy: The Coming of a Revolutionary Era was published.
Life is the most complex material system known so far. Since modern times, the era of great discoveries has been constantly appearing in life sciences. Today, a series of great discoveries are bursting out, and life sciences are experiencing explosive growth and even revolutionary mutation.
In March, 2021, the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Outline of Long-term Objectives to the Year 2035 proposed in "Building a New Pillar of Industrial System" that "we should promote the integration and innovation of biotechnology and information technology, accelerate the development of biomedicine, biological breeding, biological materials, bioenergy and other industries, and make the bio-economy bigger and stronger". In May, 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission released the Development Plan of Bio-economy in the 14th Five-Year Plan to the society, which described the "road map" of bio-economic development in the next five years, and put forward the requirement that bio-economy will become a strong driving force to promote high-quality development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period and the goal that China’s comprehensive bio-economic strength will be in the forefront of the world by 2035.
The five-year plan is not only a blueprint, but also a mobilization order. As an economic form, what is bio-economy? What is driving the arrival of the era of bio-economy? How can we "enlarge and strengthen bio-economy"? Recently, China Democracy and Legal Publishing House published the book "Bio-economy: The Coming of a Revolutionary Era" edited by Li Bin, a senior journalist who has been tracking and observing the life sciences for more than 20 years. In the way of in-depth dialogue with 16 well-known experts who have studied bio-industry and bio-economy for many years, scientists who have been working in frontier fields, frontier entrepreneurs in the forefront of industries, famous investors and local government leaders, etc. This paper analyzes the development trend and successful experience of bio-economy at home and abroad, discusses the similarities and differences between this new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial revolution, which is represented by bio-technological revolution, and points out that genes reshape the world, a "group technological revolution" is taking place in the field of life and health, biology, information and material are merging across borders, human economy and society have entered the era of "transforming the object", and the world is changing from "interconnection of all things" to "symbiosis of all things"
The book is divided into five parts, namely, well-known experts, investors, frontier enterprises, scientists and local practices. It can be said that the "super brain", which brings together all the people in China in this field, has led us to enjoy the roaring of bio-economy from a strategically advantageous position. The book also creatively puts forward the "six-part life politics" since the discovery of DNA double helix in the middle of last century, clearly points out that the progress of technology and tools is behind the "six-part life politics", and calls for "deeply grasping the development law of bio-economy and vigorously promoting the healthy and rapid development of bio-economy".
First, gather wisdom, comprehensively interpret bio-economy and analyze "the arrival of a revolutionary era".
After the agricultural revolution, industrial revolution and information revolution, human society stood on the threshold of life science revolution or "gene revolution".
—— Academician He Fuchu, director of the Science and Technology Committee of the Academy of Military Sciences, pointed out in the recommendation preface that a systematic interpretation of the big data of "Lifeomics" will not only bring about a further rational understanding of life, but also raise the level of medical diagnosis, treatment and health management, thus pushing medicine into a new era: the era of smart medicine.
—— Wang Jian, the chairman and co-founder of Huada Group who participated in the 1% task of the Human Genome Project, called in the recommendation preface that life science has reached a new development model guided by big scientific projects, scientific apparatus and big data computing and supported by state power. I hope more people will support China’s life science and push the knowledge of life science, birth and death, the growth of all things, the origin of life, consciousness and aging to a new field.
In the field of biological science, it is often the well-known experts in this field who see it most clearly.
-Professor Wang Hongguang, former director of China Biotechnology Development Center, believes that the COVID-19 epidemic has made countries around the world more aware that biotechnology will lead the next scientific and technological revolution. "Bionization" can not only transform the natural world like other scientific and technological revolutions, but also change human beings, and its role is far greater than previous scientific and technological revolutions.
—— Chen Fang, director of the Strategic Information Department of Chengdu Literature and Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences and executive director of the Strategic Research Center of Biotechnology, judged that with the rapid development of modern life sciences and the accelerated integration of biotechnology with technologies such as information, materials and energy, the breakthroughs and industrialization of modern biotechnology such as high-throughput sequencing, genome editing and bioinformatics analysis have rapidly evolved, and the bio-economy is accelerating to become a new economic form after the information economy.
-Deng Xin ‘an, a professor at China Agricultural University and director of the Research Center for Bio-economic Development, predicted that by the early 1930s, bio-based and bio-technology products will be cheap and widely used, marking the mature stage of bio-economic development. Only then can the economy and society enter the real bio-economic era.
—— Wang Liang, founder and CEO of Genentech, called for planning and guidance at the good opportunity of bio-economic development to avoid repeating the problems and detours that have occurred in the Internet, immunotherapy and other industries.
In the book "Scientists", four scientists who are at the forefront of life and health deeply analyze the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial revolution, especially the general trend of bio-economic development at home and abroad.
-He Chuan, a chair professor at the University of Chicago and a visiting professor in Peking University, believes that biomedicine and biological breeding are urgently needed and need to be focused at present. Biomaterials and bioenergy are the future development directions, and more basic research is needed.
Ma Juncai, director of the Center for Microbial Resources and Big Data, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that life science has become the fastest-growing frontier and leading discipline in natural science, and the rapid progress of biotechnology has given birth to new kinetic energy for future bio-economic development.
-Zhang Xingdong, a professor at Sichuan University and an academician of China Academy of Engineering, said that biotechnology products will not form a monopoly situation of "winner takes all" like the network economy. The diversity of biotechnology products provides a rare development opportunity for resource-rich developing countries.
-Dai Jianwu, director of the Regenerative Medicine Research Center of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, believes that the improvement of social demand, the continuous breakthrough and efficient transformation of biotechnology research are all accelerating the arrival of the bio-economic era.
Second, explore the strategic opportunity of "making bio-economy bigger and stronger" and cultivate the possibility of developing new kinetic energy like a tsunami.
With the development of biotechnology, it is an inevitable trend to make bio-economy bigger and stronger. The development of bio-economy is inseparable from the optimism of investors and entrepreneurs, and from their capital investment and R&D and production.
In the book "Bio-economy: The Coming of a Revolutionary Era", "Investors":
-Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman and CEO of innovation works, believes that the prediction that "the 21st century will be the century of biology" is not wrong, but premature. "The 21st century is very long, and now it is only 20 years. The vigorous development of the biomedical industry has begun to verify this prediction, and there are still 80 years to come to make this prediction finally come true."
-Liang Yuyu, managing partner of Qiming Venture Capital, who focuses on investment in medical and health industries, said that to form a group of new biotechnology enterprises and bio-economic clusters with strong international competitiveness, it is still necessary to improve the ability of innovation and source, focus on the frontier research of life sciences, and strengthen support for research and development of innovative industries.
In the "Frontier Enterprise":
-Hao Xiaoming, director of science and technology management of COFCO and president of COFCO Institute of Nutrition and Health, pointed out that the history of human development proves that whenever a new economic era comes, profound changes will take place in human economic production and lifestyle, and so will the advent of the bio-economic era.
-Luo Qibin, chairman and founder of Beijing Qiyun Nord Information Technology Co., Ltd. believes that the new progress of biotechnology will bring fundamental changes to agriculture, medical care and health care, and bring revolutionary influence to information, materials, energy, environment and ecological science.
-Liu Muyun, director and general manager of Shenzhen Saidong Biological Automation Co., Ltd. said that this is a new economic era that has begun but is far from over. In the process of marching, the future will gradually show us its magic and charm.
-Dr. Xie Liangzhi, who has been pioneering in the field of biomedicine for more than 20 years and successfully cultivated two listed companies, pointed out that the global bio-economy is still in its infancy, and it is timely for China to "enlarge and strengthen the bio-economy" during the Tenth Five-Year Plan period.
Third, look forward to the trend and prospect of bio-economic development, and explain in detail the way to win the future.
In fact, some places have promoted bio-economy as an important field. In the book "Bio-economy: The Arrival of a Revolutionary Era", Xu Weihua, a former Party Secretary of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and now a deputy mayor of Hangzhou, introduced that Hangzhou has decided to take the biomedical industry as the main engine to develop bio-economy and accelerate the construction of a biomedical innovation highland. In the era of bio-economy, it is by no means a one-off event for China to move from following to running and finally leading, which requires the unremitting efforts of several generations.
Facing the future, Yin Ye, CEO of Huada Group and a popular science writer of life science, who has written a series of books on "The Code of Life", pointed out in the preface of recommendation that if China wants to achieve scientific and technological leadership in the 21st century, it must spare no effort to invest in basic scientific research and big scientific projects, and it must not be false. If we say which field has the most opportunities, we will not hesitate to support the life science field and biotechnology industry.
Facing the future, Academician Gao Fu, deputy director of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and director of China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, pointed out in his recommendation that today’s biotechnology has provided infinite possibilities for mankind. New technologies such as mRNA vaccine in today’s struggle against COVID-19 will surely bring a bright future to human economic activities in the process of preventing and treating diseases, so today’s bio-economy must be the trend of future economic development.
Dr. Ma Xiangtao, the translator of Cancer Biography and Gene Biography, pointed out in his recommendation that as a new economic form covering life science, biotechnology, bio-manufacturing and bio-safety, bio-economy is becoming more and more important in the development of globalization. The book Bio-economy: The Arrival of a Revolutionary Era analyzes the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial revolution, especially the development trend of bio-economy at home and abroad, as well as the successful experience, and provides an action guide for exploring the future in the new economic era.
The road to the future is just around the corner; The road to the future is at your feet …
As the product of many wise men, awakens and pioneers, the book Bio-economy: The Coming of a Revolutionary Era is to tell the public, especially decision makers at all levels, that when they see the trend, they should firmly grasp it; When you see the future, you should actively create it. The future has come! A door leading to a brand-new world is in front of us. This brand-new world is not only a life world, but also a future world. Only by understanding the bio-economy in an all-round way, grasping the general trend of development and seizing the opportunity of the times can we "meet" a better future.
It is worth mentioning that the editor-in-chief Li Bin will also study, study and refer to, By cutting-edge scientists, senior journalists, There are nearly a hundred books written by economists, such as Life Science: Endless Frontier, Biotechnology Century: Remolding the World with Genes, Gene Biography: The Source of All Living Beings, The Future of Life: From Double Helix to Synthetic Life, The Coming Biotechnology Era: Fully Revealing the New Economic Law of Biomass Era, Centenary Life: Life and Work in a Longevity Era, Genome Revolution: How Gene Technology Changes the Future of Human Beings, etc. The books related to bio-economy are listed in the book list, which is attached to the back of the book as a bibliography for readers to "follow the map", further explore the ocean of life science and catch up with the tide of bio-economy, and extract a philosophical and forward-looking famous quote from famous scientists such as Craig Venter, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin, scientist and writer Siddhartha Mukherjee before 15 interviews, prefaces and epilogues, which makes this book rich in philosophy and foresight.
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