Since the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit formally adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, countries around the world have responded positively and spared no effort to meet global challenges to achieve the goals. At present, the global humanity is passing through a critical phase, with only six years left before the target date for the achievement of these goals.

Sustainable development is a must. It is not only a one-day solution, but also a long-term action. Members of our team are actively engaged in building a beautiful China, promoting the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and hope that through the efforts of our generation, we will usher in a future of prosperity and endless life for several generations.

Our team offers comprehensive solutions for a more sustainable future: a dual-pronged approach involving chemical degradation and physical adsorption.

Aflatoxin is a worldwide health and safety problem, and solving aflatoxin pollution is conducive to our contribution to the sustainable development of the world.

After carefully studying the 17 goals on sustainable development published by the United Nations,We believe our project research meets the five contents of 1,2,3,12,17.

Currently, 5 billion people worldwide are chronically exposed to significant amounts of aflatoxin, a Group 1 carcinogen. Exposure to the toxicity of aflatoxin severely impacts the nutrition and economy of impoverished populations, accounting for 40% of prevalent diseases affecting health. Furthermore, due to improper harvesting and storage, aflatoxin results in substantial food waste, causing economic losses of hundreds of millions of dollars, particularly in developing countries where technological development is not yet mature. Our team's innovative approach to aflatoxin degradation is not only more efficient but also safer and more cost-effective. This makes it conducive to promotion in various developing countries and impoverished regions worldwide, addressing their food security issues and contributing to global poverty reduction.

Aflatoxin contaminates cereal and oil products, as well as crops like corn and soybeans. In the past, contaminated corn and soybeans could only be treated with UV disinfection and subsequently used as livestock feed. However, our team has developed a novel, comprehensive, and highly efficient approach to aflatoxin degradation. This provides the possibility for the efficient reuse of crops contaminated with aflatoxin after degradation.

Aflatoxin has been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the World Health Organization. Globally, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or liver cancer caused by aflatoxin accounts for approximately 25%. The aflatoxin degradation method developed by our team can be applied in the field of food safety, such as silage feeds, dairy products and so on, protecting our food safety in daily life and creating conditions for us to enjoy good health and well-being.

The aflatoxin degradation tool developed by our team can be used in food production. It prevents the health hazards of aflatoxin from the production level. We have designed a precise toxin response mechanism to ensure efficient and complete degradation of aflatoxin. Additionally, we have also designed a suicide program for the engineered When in a low glucose concentration environment, the engineered bacteria will execute the suicide program, posing no harm to the environment. Its application in food production will become an efficient and accurate mechanism to safeguard human safety.

In order to enable better utilization of our high-efficiency aflatoxin degradation tool and better align it with the market demands in real society, our department has actively engaged in exchanges with people from all sectors, forming good and healthy partnerships.

In the early stages of the project, we conducted surveys among people concerned about food safety from all walks of life through questionnaires, and the results were pleasing, with hundreds of responses received. This provided assistance for our future research directions.

Our team had in-depth discussions with authoritative experts from DSM (China) Co., Ltd., and through this exchange, we gained a deeper understanding of the characteristics of aflatoxin degradation in the food production industry and broadened our international perspective.

We also discussed with experts in the field of food safety, and they expressed recognition for the application prospects of our new aflatoxin degradation method in silage feeds, grain and oil products.

Our team also participated in an interview with the China National Native Produce & Animal By-Products Import & Export Corporation to discuss a series of safety issues related to food processing and transportation. Among them, the questions raised by experts from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences were very constructive and inspired our future research.

Our team also pays attention to exchanges and interactions with other teams. Through online seminars, we communicate, share, and report with other teams, receiving valuable guidance and suggestions from experts from other schools.

Whether during the project topic determination phase or the experimental research phase, we actively engaged in exchanges and learning with the Beijing Normal University team, enhancing ourselves under the guidance of experts from Beijing Normal University, and striving together to achieve the goal of sustainable development.