Shandong Glycotechnology Innovation Center was approved by the Department of Science and Technology of Shandong Province in December 2020, and the lead construction organization is Shandong University. The center is an essential part of the Science and Technology Innovation Base and an important carrier and source for key technological innovations in glycoengineering involving our fantastic health and national economy. Focusing on carbohydrate-based drugs, functional carbohydrates and carbohydrate-based energy and resource, the center is responsible for promoting the development and application of major key technologies, disruptive technologies, and high-end boundary crossing fusion technologies to drive the carbohydrate industry to the high-end and preempt the high point of technological innovation in the carbohydrate industry. The center focuses on deepening the reform of the science and technology system, strengthening institutional mechanism innovation, implementing an open and running scientific research model to attract social forces to participate in the construction and management, and becoming a place rich in innovative resource.