Zhongpin Reports Record Results for Q3 2009
CHINA - Zhongpin Inc., a leading meat and food processing company in China, has reported higher revenues, net income, and diluted earnings per share for the third quarter of 2009.

China's Pig Industry Enters Mature Phase
CHINA - After three decades of rapid development, the country's pig industry has entered the mature stage, according to a recent report.

China a Promising Market for Food Safety Products?
CHINA - China’s demand for food safety products is forecast to grow 15 per cent per annum through 2013 to 13 billion yuan (US $2 billion), according to a new 252-page Freedonia industry study, entitled...

China Denies Imposing Restrictions on EU Imports
CHINA - China has never placed any restriction on pork imports from the European Union (EU), and its demand for health certificate from the EU imported pork was needed to prevent the spread of A/H1N1 flu,...

Pork, Egg Prices Not Triggering Inflation
CHINA - China's Minister of Agriculture Sun Zhengcai said Monday recent consecutive increases in the prices of pork and eggs were "normal", and would not trigger inflation.

Yurun Sees Profits Rise
CHINA - China Yurun Food Group Limited, a leading vertically-integrated meat-product processor and supplier in China recorded a turnover of HK$5,834 million in the first six months of the year compared...

Chinese Pork Industry Impresses USMEF Chairman
CHINA - USMEF Chairman Jon Caspers traveled to the World Pork Conference in Qingdao, China, last week, making a presentation regarding the US pork industry.

Soaring Pork Price Not to Trigger Inflation
CHINA - Although the pork price in China has risen for 13 straight weeks, it is not likely to trigger inflation as it did previously, economists and industry analysts observed.

WPC REPORT - Pledge for International Cooperation and Transparency
CHINA - The International Meat Secretariat has set out a seven point pledge to enhance transparency, animal welfare food safety and cooperation within the global pig meat industry at the World Pork Conference...

USMEF: Reaction of Chinese Consumers to H1N1
CHINA - Nearly two-thirds of China’s consumers stopped eating pork in the early stages of the H1N1 influenza outbreak this year, and more than one in five consumers in the world’s largest pork market still...

China Becomes Top Global Meat Producer
CHINA - China has become the world's leading meat producer, with 29 per cent of the global total output last year, an industry official said Thursday.

WPC REPORT - Pork Industry Facing up to Challenges
CHINA - The pig meat sector is facing three major challenges, writes ThePigSite senior editor, Chris Harris at the World Pork Conference in Qingdao.

WPC REPORT - Call for Cooperation in Meat Sector
CHINA - The pig meat, meat and food industry around the world needs to establish greater cooperation and partnership to boost global development. This was the main message from the vice chairwoman of the...

NDRC: Pork Price Rise Won't Cause Serious Inflation
CHINA - Recent increases in pork and egg prices will not lead to serious inflation in China, the country's economic planning agency said.

Pork to Keep China's Inflation on the Back-burner
CHINA - Pork, a trigger of past inflationary bouts in China, is likely to be a suppressant of price pressures in coming months and give the government leeway to keep monetary policy loose until the economic...

Report Published on China's Meat Market
CHINA - A new report has been published analysing the markets in China for fresh and processed meat.

Nedap Starts Sales Force in Asia
CHINA - Since 2007 Nedap made a successful introduction of Electronic Sow Feeding (ESF) into the important pig producing countries in Asia.

Supply to Continue to Exceed Demand for Live Pigs
CHINA - Although live pig prices have rebounded recently, supply will continue to exceed demand in the live pig market for some time, according to an analysis by the National Development and Reform Commission...

Chinese Scientists Succeed in Pig Gender Selection
CHINA - Chinese scientists have claimed a commercial breakthrough after breeding 10 piglets whose sex was successfully selected before conception, heralding potential higher profits for farmers.

Top Speakers Line up for Pork Conference
CHINA - The Fifth IMS World Pork Conference, which takes place in Qingdao, China, will be focusing on the modernisation of the world pork industry.

China Takes H1N1 Trade Related Measures
CHINA - According to the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), China notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 5 June that it has banned the import of pig meat and products from areas of Mexico...

China Struggling with Pig Overpopulation
CHINA - It seems the United States is not the only country struggling with an oversupply of pork.

China Stockpiles Frozen Pork to Stabilise Prices
CHINA - China's economic planner said Monday the government has started stockpiling frozen pork to stabilise prices and protect pig breeders.

China Plans to Purchase Pork for State Reserves
CHINA - On 5 June 2009, the National Development and Reform Commission announced the Government of China is preparing to purchase pork for frozen stocks under the National Swine Price Alert System. Significant...

Chinese Pig Industry Faces Serious Challenges
CHINA - China's Ministry of Agriculture says the current financial crisis and the A/H1N1 flu have delivered a severe blow to the country's livestock industry.