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Biotechnology belongs to what industry

Biotechnology and electronic information technology and new materials technology, for today's extremely important one of the three high-tech fields. In the pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology has solved the technical problems of some drugs that cannot be produced by traditional technology, such as human insulin, human growth hormone, hepatitis B vaccine monoclonal antibody. In industrial production, biotechnology has produced many important products such as amino acids, organic acids, vitamins, food fermentation and engineering materials. In agricultural production, biotechnology has produced many products such as plant growth hormones, biopesticides, livestock and poultry vaccines. It is also possible to obtain genetically modified plants and animals with excellent performance. Today's human society is facing a sharp increase in population, energy depletion, resource depletion, environmental pollution and other major problems, to a large extent, will also rely on the development of biotechnology, biotechnology belongs to the high-tech industry.