Countries generally begin to regard biological weapons and bioterrorism as new threats to national security. It is urgent to build China's national biosafety defense line and improve the ability of biosafety governance.
At present, as a relatively new field, biosafety has obvious instability, uncertainty and unpredictability, and it is difficult to prevent and control it. The promulgation of "Biosafety Law" has clarified the legal regulation scope of biosafety, established and improved the leadership system of biosafety risk prevention and control, and clarified the basic principles and systems of biosafety risk prevention and control.
In the future, a well-defined biosafety prevention and control system with biosafety law as the core and composed of laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules and technical standard systems in various fields related to biosafety will be the basic legal compliance for safeguarding biosafety in China.
The development of biotechnology gave birth to the biosafety law, which also promoted the healthy and orderly development of biotechnology. In the past, due to the lack of relevant laws and regulations, some events involving scientific research ethics and boundaries in the field of biotechnology have been repeatedly pushed to the forefront of public opinion, causing adverse social impacts.
Aiming at the "risk-stricken areas" such as the safety of biotechnology R&D and application, the biological safety of pathogenic microorganism laboratories, and the safety of human genetic resources and biological resources, it is helpful to clarify some boundary issues and clarify some ethical disputes, which is conducive to the standardized development of scientific and technological innovation activities and the improvement of science and technology.