swine

" In recent years, swine industry has been undergoing dramatic changes in China. As the biggest pig and pork producing country in the world, all these changes will not only influence the pig and pork industry in China, but will also affect international feed and pork trading countries. As the largest live pig and pork producing country in the world for many years; 48-50％ of the worlds live pigs are grown in China. China is divided into 4 key swine-producing regions. These regions are: Yangzi River region (Sichuan, Chongqing city, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces) with 43.8％ of national pork production; Northern China region (Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces) with 21.6％ of national pork production; Northeastern region (Liaoning, Jinlin and Heilongjiang provinces) with 6.3％ of national pork production; and Southeastern coast region (Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan and Hainan) with 13.2％ of national pork production. In 2004, China had 485.5 million pigs on farms and slaughtered more than 621 million pigs; this accounted for 48.6％ of the world slaughter and yielded 47.6％ of the world pork production."