How did biotechnology develop?

Biotechnology is not a new discipline, it can be divided into traditional biotechnology and modern biotechnology, and modern biotechnology is developed from traditional biotechnology.

Traditional biotechnology refers to the ancient traditional process of making sauce, vinegar, wine, bread, cheese, yogurt and other foods; Modern biotechnology refers to a new discipline developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which is based on the research results of modern biology and centered on genetic engineering. At present, the so-called biotechnology basically refers to modern biotechnology.