中国实验动物产业化发展探讨

Discussion on Laboratory Animal Industrialization in China

实验动物作为生命科学研究的基础和重要支撑条件,其产业化程度已经成为一个国家科学技术发展水平和能力的重要标志,在国民经济中发挥着重要作用。实验动物产业领域主要包括实验动物培育及生产供应、实验动物相关产品研发和生产供应、动物实验技术服务三个方面,其服务于各个科技领域。我国实验动物产业起步较晚。随着我国生命科学研究的发展和综合国力的提升,我国实验动物产业也得到快速发展,实验动物产业化初具规模。但是,我国目前实验动物产业发展还存在一些问题,主要体现在产业规模化不够,缺乏具有一定规模、在国内外占主导地位的企业;产品质量和服务质量有待进一步提高;质量管理和监督体系不健全;人才队伍不足。建议加大政府支持力度,合理布局,培育产业化集团;加强质量管理和监督体系建设,提高产品或服务质量;加强人才队伍建设,提高服务能力。以提升实验动物科学发展水平,推动人类健康事业的发展。

Laboratory animal science is an essential element to support life science research. Its industrialization has been recognized as an important indicating and plays an important role in the development of science technology and economy in a country. The industrialization of laboratory animal science consists of laboratory animal breeding and supply, related products of laboratory animals, service of laboratory animal experiments, which serves for many fields of scientific research. The laboratory animal industrialization was initiated only for few decades. With the development of life science research and the improvement of comprehensive national power in China, the laboratory animal industrialization was development rapidly in the country. However, several problems remain to be resolved in the field in China： 1 ） China lacks of companies with big scale and great influence in our country even in the world; 2） The quality of products/service remains to be improved; 3） The system of quality management and supervision remains to be strengthened; 4） China lacks of professionals of the field. According to the problems, the following strategies are suggested so as to improve the development of laboratory animal sciences as well as human being health in China： 1 ） To provide powerful policy and financial support by government, so as to found several large-scale companies in the field; 2 ） To strengthen the development of quality management and supervision system, so as to improve the quality of products and services; 3） To pay more attention to fostering human resources, so as to improve the capability of the supply and services.