On October 20th, the Boao Forum on Microbial Health Industry was held at the Boao Forum for Asia International Conference Center. Experts, professors, practitioners, and over 2000 Anhui business partners from the edible and medicinal mushroom industry attended the forum to jointly explore the prospects and development of the edible and medicinal mushroom industry.

The Boao Forum on the Health Industry of Fungi was held concurrently with the 2021 Anhui Company Outstanding Distributor Commendation Ceremony under the theme of "Creating a New Future". It was jointly hosted by the Chinese Society of Fungi, the Lingzhi Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the National Edible and Medicinal Fungi Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance, with the International Medicinal Fungi Society as the guiding unit. The Health Industry Branch and Lingzhi Industry Branch of the Chinese Society of Fungi and Jiangsu Anhui Biotechnology Co., Ltd. jointly organized the forum. The comprehensive and informative keynote speeches by experts enhance the influence of the microbial health industry, further strengthen industry confidence, promote correct dissemination and scientific popularization of ideas and awareness, and encourage everyone to make unremitting efforts in this great cause. This forum is hosted by Wu Weijie, Deputy Secretary General of the Health Industry Branch and Lingzhi Industry Branch of the Chinese Society of Fungi, and Director of Anhui Medicinal Fungi Research Institute, as well as Chen Lijuan, Market Administration Director and Vice Dean of the Business School of Anhui Company.

Li Yufa, a national model for poverty alleviation, president of the International Society of Medicinal Fungi, and academician of the CAE Member, sent a video message of blessing. He affirmed the efforts made by Anhui people in promoting and popularizing the industry, and praised Anhui people's industrial sentiment and responsibility. The production of edible and medicinal mushrooms in China has increased from 57000 tons in 1978 to over 40 million tons in 2019 after 40 years of development. The 700 fold growth rate has set a record in both Chinese and world history, embodying the glory of this generation of mushroom enthusiasts. Academician Li Yu sends a message to all "mushroom people" to always hold firm to their dreams, jointly write the dream of building a strong country in the edible and medicinal mushroom industry, truly turn this great industry into a great cause, and achieve the great ideal of "small fungus big industry" and "small mushroom big industry".

Yang Baoxue, Chairman of the Lingzhi Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Vice Dean of the School of Basic Medicine at Peking University, delivered a speech. He stated that Anhui Company is a leading enterprise in China's edible and medicinal mushroom industry. It has hosted the International Medicinal Mushroom Conference, known as the "Olympics" of the industry, three times and has always adhered to technological innovation to promote the integration of industry, academia, and research. Today's Anhui has independent intellectual property rights in the cultivation, cultivation, research and development, production, and sales of edible and medicinal fungi, and is one of the enterprises in China and even the world with the most complete industrial chain of edible and medicinal fungi. Anhui Company has always taken it as its responsibility to inherit the culture of Ganoderma lucidum and to innovate the Ganoderma lucidum industry as its driving force, opening up a new pattern of promoting industrial upgrading in the Chinese food, medicine, and mushroom industry through cultural platforms. He believes that with the joint efforts of experts, scholars, industry professionals, and excellent enterprises like Anhui Company, the high-quality development of the Ganoderma lucidum industry will be promoted, and more and more people will reap the benefits of "great health", "great future", and "great development" from Ganoderma lucidum.

Lin Zhibin, President of the International Lingzhi Research Society and Professor of Pharmacology at Peking University School of Basic Medicine, delivered a keynote speech on "Lingzhi Antiviral Infection and Seasonal Epidemic Prevention". He introduced the immunomodulatory effects of Ganoderma lucidum: Ganoderma lucidum can enhance the non-specific immune function of the body, strengthen humoral and cellular immune functions, form a deep defense line against viral and bacterial infections in the human body, specifically eliminate invading viruses and bacteria, and improve immune dysfunction caused by various reasons; The antiviral effect and mechanism of Ganoderma lucidum: Ganoderma lucidum, especially its triterpenoid compounds, has inhibitory effects on various viruses in vitro experiments. Preliminary analysis of its antiviral infection mechanism involves inhibiting virus adsorption or penetration into cells, inhibiting early antigen activation, inhibiting virus shedding, inhibiting enzyme activity required for virus synthesis in cells, hindering virus DNA or RNA replication, etc. However, it is non-toxic to cells and has a synergistic effect when combined with known antiviral drugs.

Chen Zhengxing, a professor at Jiangnan University and director of the Grain Processing Professional Committee of the National Agricultural Product Processing Technology Research and Development System, gave a keynote speech on the theme of "Opening the Star of the Future of Healthy Food - Edible and Medicinal Mushroom Proteins". The speech covered three aspects: the background of the era of big health, the current research status of edible and medicinal mushroom proteins, and independent research achievements. In the context of the upgrading of concepts and the transformation of consumption in the era of big health, edible and medicinal mushroom proteins have very high nutritional value and health functional characteristics. The independent research achievements of Jiangsu Anhui Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Suwei Microbial Research Co., Ltd., and the National Engineering Laboratory of the School of Food Science at Jiangnan University have broken through the bottleneck of protein technology utilization, such as difficult component separation technology and poor protein water solubility. In the future, we will strengthen cooperation, scientifically plan, accelerate research and development, and continuously launch new food and medicinal bacterial protein products for different populations, functions, and forms. He believes that as a driving force in the protein nutrition and health industry, the new products of edible and medicinal mushroom protein series will open up infinite possibilities.

In addition to the sea, Hainan also has mushrooms, "said Zeng, a member of the Microbial Diversity and Systematics Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Fungi and a professor at the School of Pharmacy, Hainan Medical College, in his opening remarks, which were refreshing to everyone. There are over 2.5 million species of fungi in nature, and it is likely that there are over 300000 species of fungi distributed in China. China has 1789 known edible species and 798 recorded with medicinal value. Fungi are a huge medicinal resource pool. "Professor Zeng's keynote speech" Hainan Tropical Fungi Resources and Sustainable Utilization "takes everyone to understand the background knowledge of fungi, their research work, and hopes to strengthen the basic research of fungi, accelerate the development of related industries, and serve the big health industry (nutrition, health care, medicine).

At the event, the new books "Edible Fungi and Health" and "Lingzhi and Health" compiled by Chen Hui, Chairman of Anhui Company, Qiang Xiaojun, expert group of Anhui Company, and Wu Weijie, Director of Anhui Medicinal Fungi Research Institute, were released. These two books provide a clear and concise introduction to the types, active ingredients, disease prevention and treatment, and health benefits of 28 rare medicinal mushrooms, represented by Ganoderma lucidum. They also include practical experience and dietary therapy formulas. The aim is to help scholars understand and master the knowledge of these medicinal and edible mushrooms, popularize correct knowledge and methods of mushroom identification and consumption, and enable edible and medicinal mushrooms to contribute to the overall health cause, contributing to the market construction and industrial development of edible and medicinal mushrooms in China. Academician Li Yu and Professor Lin Zhibin respectively wrote prefaces for two books. During the forum, a ceremony was also held to award the 2021 Anhui Company Excellent Distributor Beijing Jilin Zunxiang Study Tour Certificate. Professors Lin Zhibin, Yang Baoxue, and Chen Hui presented the study certificates to their partners. We are all practitioners of the mushroom health industry. We are committed to the development of the mushroom health industry, conducting industry research, promoting the industry, and telling industry stories. Together, we will write the dream of a strong country in the edible and medicinal mushroom industry, and turn this great industry into a great cause! "All personnel on site recited the" Boao Declaration on the Mushroom Health Industry ". With a resounding and powerful slogan, the Boao Forum on Microbial Health Industry has successfully come to an end.