关键词: 工业生物技术, 可持续发展, 生物能源, 生物材料

Abstract: Industrial biotechnology is to produce chemicals, medicines, materials and energy at a large scale by using biological or enzymatic processes.It is considered to be one of efficient methods to solve problems of resource, energy and environment.OECD recently pointed out that industrial biotechnology is one of the most promising technologies for sustainable development.Studies of industrial biotechnology have emerged and have been the development strategy of science and industry in the developed country.The progress and trend of industrial biotechnology, especially technology of bioenergy, biomaterial and utilization of biomass resource, are reviewed.The common key questions of industrial biotechnology are summarized as follows:(1)the pool of microbial resource and functional genomics of microbe；(2)effective methods for improving biocatalyst performance under industrial conditions;(3)metabolic engineering of important industrial microbes.The prospect of industrial biotechnology development in China is given.

Key words: 工业生物技术, 可持续发展, 生物能源, 生物材料