Abstract: In the past few decades, with the rapid expansion of the global population and the unprecedented expansion of the middle-income population, the demand of human beings for meat products has shown an unprecedented rapid growth trend. Relying on the traditional breeding industry to meet the rapid growth of human consumption of meat products is facing increasingly severe challenges. Artificial meat is the most likely solution to the dilemma of human meat production and consumption. At present, artificial meat consists of two categories: one is artificial meat based on plant protein, which can simulate the appearance and taste of real meat products to the maximum extent, all of which are also known as plain meat, plant meat, simulated meat, etc.; the other is artificial meat based on biological tissue culture, which provides real animal protein for human beings because it can bypass animal feeding, also known as For cultivating meat, cultivating meat, in vitro meat or cleaning meat, etc. However, due to the rise of artificial meat industry, China's relevant terms, standards, laws and regulations are still in the stage to be formulated, resulting in the confusion of nomenclature related to artificial meat. In this review, the author combines the production technology, production process, social acceptance, Chinese tradition and Chinese interpretation of artificial meat, and puts forward the standard opinions on the naming of terms related to artificial meat in Chinese.

Key words: artificial meat, classification, nomenclature, cultured meat, plant-based meat