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Bulletin No. 15 - Summer 2003
Miscelleanous- No Category
YAN JZ, MORRISON B, MEYER T, DEEN J
Inside China
Pig Progress 2003 19 : 9-14
China's swine industry is undergoing significant changes to tailor market demands and consumers' changing consumption habits. A significant shift from backyard farms (gradually disappearing) to specialized households and large state-owned farms being privatised has been a definite trend in the Chinese pig industry. Today, large commercial farms in inland provinces provide live pigs to pork consumption areas (cities) due to a massive infrastruture network. Consumers are increasingly concerned about quality and food safety and producers must comply with tighter control from the government. The evolution toward a high quality pork production may open the Chinese market to imports or conversely China may become a pork exporter as its pig industry grows.
