Biotechnology is vital to improving a country's comprehensive national power and meeting the challenges of food shortages, health problems, environmental problems and economic problems faced by mankind, so many countries have identified biotechnology as one of the key technologies to enhance national power and economic strength.
The United States in the field of biotechnology researchers amounted to 100,000 people, and the development of the United States of America's Biotechnology Research Program, hybrid seed production of the Pioneer Company, lying in wait for DuPont, dare to be the first Monsanto Company are investing a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to carry out research and development of biotechnology.
Japan in the 20th century, the Ministry of Life Sciences was established, the development of Japan's "Human Frontier Science Program", and put forward the "bio-industry country", engaged in biotechnology researchers amounted to 70,000 people, accounting for the whole of Japan's entire scientific and technological team of 15.
France set up a national biotechnology forest world Committee, the European **** body set up the European Coordinating Body for Bioengineering and Bioengineering Federation, Russia has also formulated the "Russia's biotechnology development program".
It can be seen that countries around the world in the field of biotechnology is carrying out a fierce competition and competition, can also be said that biotechnology shook the human society. Biotechnology, led by genetic engineering, will influence and shape the economic future and destiny of a country.