越来越多的事实表明,生命科学将成为21世纪带头学科,生物工程产业将成为21世纪支柱产业。1996年度诺贝尔奖金获得者美国化学家罗伯特·科尔指出,21世纪显然是生物学世纪。 美国《时代》周刊刊登文章认为,几十年后,随着信息经济时代结束,人类将迎来生物经济时代。面对“来势汹汹”的生物经济,世界许多国家投入了极大关注。美国已把生物技术作为新的投资热点,英国欲成为“欧洲生物技术中心”,日本启动了“新世纪染色体计划”,新加坡“打算把生命科学培养成制造业的第四大支柱”… More and more facts show that life science will become the leading discipline in the 21st century and the bioengineering industry will become the pillar industry in the 21st century. The 1996 chemist Robert Cole, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize, pointed out that the 21st century is clearly the century of biology. An article published in the “Time” magazine of the United States believes that with the end of the information economy era, humankind will usher in the bio-economy era. In the face of the “rendering” biological economy, many countries in the world have devoted great attention. The United States has adopted biotechnology as a new investment hotspot. Britain wants to become a European Biotechnology Center. Japan has launched the New Century Chromosome Program. Singapore is “intent to cultivate life sciences as the fourth pillar of manufacturing industry.”