The invention provides a method for improving the microbial production of 1,3-
propanediol by constructing a 
gene engineering bacterium. The method comprises the following steps: constructing an 
expression vector with the inserted 
malic enzyme gene; delivering the 
expression vector in host 
bacteria generating 1,3-
propanediol; adding an 
inducer to induce the overexpression of the 
malic enzyme gene in the 
fermentation and culture process; and adopting the aerobic 
fermentation means and performing the fed batch of substrate 
glycerol to produce 1,3-
propanediol. The method is characterized in that the constructed 
gene engineering bacterium can express more 
malic enzyme than the original strain in the 
fermentation process, thus the convertion from 
pyruvic acid to 
malic acid can be promoted, the circulation of 
tricarboxylic acid can be promoted, the bacterium can generate more 
nicotinamide adenine dinueleotide (NADH) and energy (ATP), the activity of 1,3-propanediol oxidation-reduction enzymein the bacterium and the 
glycerol conversion rate can be increased. The invention has the following advantages: the substrate 
glycerol utilization rate of the producing bacterium can be increased, the concentration and production strength of the fermented 1,3-propanediol can be obviously increased, the yield of 1,3-propanediol can be increased and the production cost can be reduced.