近年来，随着现代生物技术的飞速发展和广泛应用，遗传资源成为各国重要战略资源。在这.种状况下，加强对我国遗传资源的保护和开发利用显得更加重要。自1998 年以来，我国相.继对遗传资源立法，成立了国家人类基因组研究中心，取得了一批研究成果。然而在新形势下，国际上对于遗传资源的开发和共享又有了新的模式，只有在彼此互相尊重平等互利的基.础上共同开发才能真正意义上作到保护、挖掘和开发遗传资源。为此，中国遗传学会青年委.员会2012 年青年论坛将就我国遗传资源的保护开发和利用进行交流、沟通和合作。

With rapid development of biotechnology in recent years, genetic resources have.become important strategic resources in many countries in the world. Therefore,.improvement of conservation and utilization of genetic resources in our country.becomes urgent. Since 1998, genetic resources have been legalized, National Center.for Human Genomics has been set up, and a number of research results have been.achieved. However, new patterns of joint development and utilization of genetic.resources appeared in the world. Only under the basis of equality and mutual benefit,.can genetic resources be really conserved. Developed and utilized. The 2012 Youth.Forum of Genetics Society of China discussed conservation and utilization of genetic.resources in China.