As one of the subversive technologies facing the future of mankind, synthetic biology has received market attention and capital pursuit in recent years. One of the main reasons for this is the "high efficiency, low carbon and green" charm of synthetic organisms. Industry insiders believe that the key to achieving carbon neutrality is to seize the carbon reduction in energy substitution and industrial manufacturing, and synthetic biology can just play an important role in these two areas. Zhao Yan, chairman of Huaxi Biology, has repeatedly said that if China wants to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality, "green manufacturing" is fundamental, and synthetic biology is the underlying support.

Synthetic organisms are produced by cell factories, which can obtain low-energy, more environmentally friendly and renewable biobased materials, thus replacing traditional animal and plant extracts, or materials derived from petrochemical bases. For example, through synthetic biotechnology, scientists can achieve the green synthesis of nylon without petroleum sources, and this production process will effectively reduce carbon emissions; Synthetic biotechnology can also create biological materials that degrade rapidly in the ocean and soil, providing solutions to pollution problems such as plastic production and use; In the field of agriculture and food, synthetic biotechnology can also produce artificial foods such as artificial meat and artificial milk by converting bio-based materials. It is reported that the production of synthetic biological cell factories, compared with plant extraction, animal extraction and chemical extraction methods, can effectively reduce carbon emissions of about 35%-65% or more.

Public information shows that at present, synthetic biotechnology has successfully achieved biological manufacturing in important fields such as medicine, bulk fermentation products, natural products, and future agricultural products. As bio-based materials are more and more used in People's Daily life scenes, the "green" potential of synthetic organisms will also be effectively released in more fields.