遗传工程是七十年代发展起来的一门新兴学科,它是人工改造生物的遗传的一门新的科学技术。在全国科学技术八年发展规划中,把遗传工程列为八项影响全局的综合性科学领域、重大新兴技术领域和带头学科之一。方毅同志在全国科学大会上的报告中指出:“在分子生物学发展的基础上形成的遗传工程,有可能按人类的 Genetic engineering is a new discipline developed in the seventies. It is a new science and technology of genetic transformation of artificial biology. In the eight-year plan for the development of science and technology throughout the country, genetic engineering has been listed as one of the eight comprehensive sciences, major emerging technologies and leading disciplines affecting the overall situation. Comrade Fang Yi pointed out in the report at the National Science Conference: "Genetic engineering, which is based on the development of molecular biology, may be carried out according to human