菌草40年：一棵草的中国创新

1986年，中国福建。林占熺用芒萁、五节芒等野草栽培香菇的试验成功了。菌草技术，正式问世。“以草代木” 的突破性创新，同步挖掘、开发地球上丰富的“菌”与“草”两类资源，原本被忽视的草本植物得以系统开发与利用。

历经四十载，菌草已发展成为惠民生、助减贫、联世界的事业，其应用从菌业拓展至生态治理、饲料、肥料、材料、能源等多个领域；实现了光、热、水、土等农业资源的综合高效利用；构建起植物、动物、菌物三物循环生产模式；融合经济、社会、生态三大效益，守护生态、粮食与能源安全。

随着产业与技术持续迭代，一个新兴交叉学科——菌草学应运而生。

菌草的每一步成长，都凝聚着国家的远见与支持。

从首个菌草科学实验室，到东西部协作扶贫；从援助巴布亚新几内亚、斐济、卢旺达、中非共和国，到纳入全球发展议程。

2011年，国家菌草工程技术研究中心成立。2017年，菌草技术被列入联合国和平与发展基金重点项目。2021年，菌草援外20周年论坛向世界寄语：让菌草成为造福发展中国家的“幸福草”，为联合国2030年可持续发展议程贡献中国智慧。

这株草，从福建一隅，走向全国，走向世界，开辟了一条以科技创新实现普惠共享的发展道路。

1项技术，回应13项可持续发展目标。消除贫困、零饥饿、性别平等、气候行动——数字为证，实绩作答。

在中国，菌草推广至32个省、606个县，成为脱贫攻坚与乡村振兴的生动注脚。在全球，菌草扎根118国，培训2.3万名学员，在23国建立示范基地，在南太和非洲建立区域中心。菌草，被写入中国与7国的外交联合声明，列入“一带一路”成果清单，成为新时代援外“小而美、惠民生”的典范。

菌草，从中国的特有技术，成长为惠及世界的公共产品。

菌草的创新与传播是人才的接力，一棒接着一棒跑，一代接着一代干。菌草连接科学与田野，融汇创新与机遇，让土地重生，让生计重建，让希望重燃，为可持续发展贡献真实可见的力量。

共同的使命，让我们凝聚在一起——“发展菌草业，造福全人类”。

四十年，正年轻。下一个四十年，让我们并肩同行，再启航！

40 Years of Juncao: An Innovation Rooted in China

Back in 1986 in Fujian, China, Prof. Lin Zhanxi successfully cultivated Xianggu using wild grasses. This marked the official birth of the Juncao technology.

As a groundbreaking innovation of replacing wood with grass, it taps into and harnesses two abundant natural resources on Earth: fungi and herbaceous plants. It has enabled the systematic development and utilization of grasses once overlooked.

Over the past four decades, Juncao has evolved into a cause that improves people’s livelihoods, alleviates poverty and connects the world. Its applications have expanded far beyond mushroom cultivation to ecological restoration, animal feed, fertilizer, bio-materials, bio-energy and more.

It achieves the efficient comprehensive use of agricultural resources including sunlight, heat, water and soil, and establishes a circular production model integrating plants, animals and mushrooms. Delivering economic, social and ecological benefits all at once, it safeguards ecological, food and energy security.

With continuous technological and industrial upgrading, Juncao Science, a new inter-discipline, has come into being.

Every milestone of Juncao owes to the vision and strong support of the Chinese government.

From the first specialized Juncao Science Laboratory to paired assistance for poverty alleviation across eastern and western China; from China aid to Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Rwanda and the Central African Republic to its inclusion in global development agendas.

In 2011, China National Engineering Research Center of Juncao Technology was founded. In 2017, Juncao technology was listed as a priority project under the China-United Nations Peace and Development Fund.

In 2021, at the 20th Anniversary of Juncao International Assistance Forum, a message was delivered to the world: Make Juncao grow into a “Grass of Happiness” for developing countries, and contribute China’s wisdom to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Originating from a corner of Fujian, this humble grass has spread across China and reached the globe, blazing a path of inclusive and shared development driven by scientific and technological innovation.

One single technology serves 13 Sustainable Development Goals — including No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Gender Equality and Climate Action. Tangible achievements speak for themselves.

Within China, Juncao has been promoted across 606 counties in 32 provinces, standing as a vivid testament to poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.

Worldwide, it has taken root in 118 countries. Over 23,000 participants have been trained, demonstration bases have been built in 23 nations, and regional centers established for the South Pacific and Africa.

Juncao has been incorporated into joint diplomatic statements between China and seven countries, and featured as a landmark achievement of the Belt and Road Initiative. It stands as a prime example of small yet smart assistance project in the new era.

What began as a unique Chinese technology has grown into a global public good benefiting all nations.

Talents carry the innovation and spread Juncao forward like a relay race — leg after leg, generation after generation.

Bridging scientific research and rural fields, linking innovation with opportunities, Juncao revitalizes land, rebuilds livelihoods and rekindles hope, delivering tangible progress toward Sustainable Development.

United by a shared mission, we uphold the vision: Develop Juncao Industry for the Wellbeing of All Mankind.

Forty years on, we are still young. Let us stand shoulder to shoulder and set sail together for the next forty!