To improve the thermal stability of industrial neutral protease and enhance its performance and economy in industrial applications,single-factor and response surface methodology experiments were conducted to identify the optimal protective agents for neutral protease in this study.The optimal protectants for neutral protease were found to be 15%o Na2SO4,4%peptone and 90 U/mL of protease,exhibiting a relative enzyme activity of 92.08%after storage at 40 ℃ for 139 h.A temperature-accelerated model for the composite protective agent neutral protease(JW-3-CP)was established through accelerated heating experiments.Model-predicted values at 25 ℃ were validated against experimental measurements,demonstrating good agreement and accuracy.After 90 days of storage,the composite protective agent neutral protease(JW-3-CP)exhibited a relative activity of(93.37±0.56)%and a turbidity of 0.90±0.12.Compared to the un-protected neutral protease,the relative activity was enhanced by 4.57-fold.