分析了我国石油消费的增长趋势、我国和世界的石油供应潜力以及我国减排CO₂面临的巨大压力，提出发展生物燃料是减少经济社会发展对石油的过度依赖和减排CO₂ 的重要战略举措。指出发展生物燃料和生物基材料是生物质利用的最佳途径，综述了世界及我国生物燃料的发展现状，提出了培育我国生物燃料产业的对策。

This paper makes an analysis of the rising trend of China's petroleum consumption, the oil supply potential of China and the entire world, as well as great pressure China is facing in emission reduction, putting forward an idea that development of bio-fuel is one of the important strategic measures in reducing the excessive reliance of economic development and social progress on petroleum and reducing CO₂ emission. It then makes a brief discussion on the idea that developing bio-fuel and bio-based material is the best way to utilize the biomass, which is followed by a comprehensive narration of the status quo of bio-fuel development in China and the entire world and a presentation of countermeasures for developing bio-fuel industry in China.

曹湘洪（1945— ） ，男，江苏江阴市人，中国工程院院士，长期从事石油化工生产技术与企业管理工作