Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology of Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
Li Man
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology of Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
Hu Liangbin
School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi‘an 710021, China
Wang Chunming
Institute of Information, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
Lu Xi
School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi‘an 710021, China
Liu Kaihui
School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi‘an 710021, China
Zhang Lijia
Institute of Information, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
Yu Yan
Institute of Information, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
Wu Qingping
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology of Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
Microbial safety is crucial for China’s social and economic development in the new era, and it is an important support for national food security, public health, and social stability. In this article, we analyze the development needs and current status of the microbial safety industry considering the policy environment in China. Subsequently, we clarify the domestic and global development patterns of the industry and summarize the challenges faced by the innovation and application of pathogenic microorganism detection and control technologies in China. Furthermore, we propose a development plan for building China’s microbial safety industry. To explore a high-quality development path, China should build innovation platforms and a large scientific database regarding microbial safety, enhance personnel development for this industry, encourage leading enterprises to develop according to standards and regulations, and strengthen major system innovation and engineering technology research in the microbial safety field.
