Beijing: Actively cultivating the synthetic biology manufacturing industry, strengthening innovation breakthroughs in biological manufacturing such as strain computational design, high-throughput screening, gene editing, etc

Beijing has issued implementation opinions on accelerating the construction of an international green economy benchmark city. It mentions actively cultivating the synthetic biology manufacturing industry. Targeting the forefront of global fossil-based material substitution industry development, fully leveraging the sustainable and efficient technological advantages of synthetic biology, guiding the formation of an industrial pattern in Beijing that serves as an innovative source, drives industrial transformation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and radiates to the whole country, building a national highland for the development of synthetic biology. The plan includes establishing a synthetic biology manufacturing technology innovation center, strengthening innovation breakthroughs in biological manufacturing strain computational design, high-throughput screening, gene editing, and more. By relying on synthetic biology industrial agglomeration areas, attracting market entities in the fields of bioenergy, biomaterials, environmental protection, etc., to create a cluster of industries with composite functions such as research and development, investment, and high-end manufacturing. Actively exploring the formulation of management norms such as biosecurity risk identification and assessment, research ethics, etc., to firmly safeguard the bottom line of life, health, and biosecurity