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Biotechnology is included among the high-tech fields for the 11th Five-Year Plan; the biotech industry will become a new key driver of economic development in the future. It is necessary to fully leverage China’s unique resource and technological advantages, focus on the development of biomedicine, bioagriculture, bioenergy, and biomanufacturing, protect and exploit unique biological resources, and ensure biosafety. Give priority to the development of the biopharmaceutical industry. To address the needs related to the prevention and control of serious diseases that pose a severe threat to the lives and health of China’s people, such as malignant tumors, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, AIDS, avian influenza, and other major infectious diseases, as well as for biological defense, it is necessary to make full use of the advantages of biotechnology by focusing on the development of gene-based drugs, synthetic drugs, biomedical engineering products, and modern traditional Chinese medicines. Focus on developing a range of new vaccines, biological reagents, and gene-engineered drugs with independent intellectual property rights, to accelerate their industrialization. Actively develop small-molecule drugs that exhibit significant efficacy in treating common and serious diseases, and promote new breakthroughs in areas such as chiral synthesis, hormone synthesis, and the semi-synthesis of antibiotics. Accelerate the large-scale development of biomedical engineering products such as biomedical materials, bioartificial organs, and clinical diagnosis and treatment equipment. Encourage the industrialization of new traditional Chinese medicine drugs that feature high technical content and possess distinct characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine. Develop a number of innovative drug products with annual sales exceeding 1 billion yuan, as well as large enterprise groups with sales volumes over 10 billion yuan, and establish a number of biopharmaceutical industry bases with annual sales exceeding 50 billion yuan. Vigorously develop bio-agriculture. Actively develop and promote bio-agricultural technologies, advance the industrialization of bio-agricultural products, and foster the development of agriculture that is high-yielding, efficient, and of high quality. Biotechnology is widely applied, with a focus on developing super hybrid rice, high-quality and high-yield wheat, hybrid corn and soybeans, genetically modified cotton, as well as breeding programs for livestock, poultry, and aquatic species. Efforts are made to cultivate new varieties of genetically engineered trees that are resistant to stress and pests and possess high quality, while also promoting the large-scale production of biological pesticides, biological fertilizers, and new vaccines for animals. Enhance the innovation capacity in biological agriculture technologies and establish biological breeding bases. “By the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan period, a system for research and development, industrialization, and promotion of bio-agriculture had been initially established. Actively develop bioenergy. Make full use of non-grain crops, plants, and agricultural and forestry waste, vigorously develop low-cost, large-scale, and intensive bioenergy technologies, and actively foster the bioenergy industry. Develop a series of new varieties of energy plants that are fast-growing, high-yielding, and have high oil and starch contents, in order to enable their large-scale cultivation. Priority should be given to developing demonstration projects for fuel ethanol produced from non-grain crops such as sweet sorghum and cassava, in order to accelerate research and development as well as the industrialization of technologies for producing fuel ethanol from lignocellulose. Actively promote the large-scale production of biodiesel using agricultural and forestry oil crops such as jatropha and caragana. Carry out gasification and solidification of agricultural and forestry waste such as straw and wood chips for heating and power generation, as well as large-scale biogas demonstration projects. Build demonstration power generation projects capable of producing 100,000 tons per year of fuel ethanol and biodiesel made from non-grain feedstocks, as well as processing more than 100,000 tons per year of biomass. A preliminary technical and industrial foundation for bioenergy in our country has been established. Accelerate the development of biomanufacturing. Aiming for low costs and large-scale production, and focusing on fermentation engineering, enzyme engineering, and microbial applications, biological manufacturing technologies are actively promoted and applied. Actively promote the industrialization of bio-based materials with economic value that can partially replace petrochemical products, and encourage the development of new biological materials such as biodegradable biomacromaterials and high-performance wood-based composites. Improve the production technology levels of bio-based chemicals such as lysine and glutamic acid, and accelerate the application of microorganisms and enzyme preparations in traditional industries. Build demonstration production facilities capable of producing 100,000 tons of polylactic acid and 200,000 tons of fully biodegradable materials per year, and actively expand the industrial application of bio-based products with independent intellectual property rights.