China is targeting 89 million tonnes of meat production by 2025, an average annual growth of 2.8% from the 77.5 million tonnes produced in 2020, a cabinet document showed on Friday. ).
Pork production would remain stable at around 55 million tonnes, he added.
The document, a five-year plan to modernize agriculture, follows a plan issued last month for the development of the livestock sector over the next five years.
He said the production value of the pig farming industry would reach more than 1.5 trillion yuan ($236 billion), with efforts made to ease fluctuations in output and stabilize supply.
Poultry meat would reach 22 million tons, beef would reach 6.8 million tons and lamb 5 million tons.
Both poultry and beef surpassed that level in 2021, but pork production was just under 53 million tonnes.
China’s meat production in 2020 was significantly affected by the African swine fever virus that ravaged farms during 2018 and 2019.
Some experts doubt China will need up to 55 million tonnes of pork in the future as more consumers switch to other meats such as chicken and beef.
Source: CNN Brasil
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