This paper introduces trends of the multinational chemical companies in developing biotechnologies, and analyses why these chemical companies make strategic shift to bioscience.

• 介绍了巴斯夫、杜邦、拜尔和道化学等跨国化工公司在生物技术领域的动态趋势,并分析了这些化工公司向生命科学领域进行战略转移的原因。