Making Animal Husbandry Law in China

Introduction: the draft animal husbandry law was submitted to China's top legislature on March 23 for deliberation, aiming to solve the five major problems existing in the current development of animal husbandry     Shu Huiguo, vice chairman of the agriculture and Rural Committee of the National People's Congress, explained to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress that the five major problems are: first, there is no strict system for the protection of livestock and poultry genetic resources, and some precious livestock and poultry species are lost abroad or even extinct; second, there is confusion in the management of livestock and poultry; third, the contradiction between small-scale decentralized breeding and the prevention and control of animal epidemics Fourth, the quality and safety problems of livestock and poultry products are serious because the breeders do not use feed and feed additives according to regulations; fifth, to improve the competitiveness of China's livestock and poultry products market At present, China has promulgated the main laws and administrative regulations related to animal husbandry, including grassland law, animal epidemic prevention law, entry and exit animal and plant quarantine law, feed and feed additive management regulations, breeding livestock and poultry management regulations, veterinary drug management regulations, etc., but they only involve one aspect and one link of animal husbandry production, which is difficult to regulate the whole process of animal husbandry production and operation Internationally, most of the countries with developed animal husbandry have formulated laws on animal husbandry In general, shuhuiguo said, in order to meet the needs of the current development of animal husbandry, we should formulate an animal husbandry law that is not only in line with China's national conditions, but also in line with the international prevailing rules as soon as possible, so as to promote and guarantee the sustainable and healthy development of animal husbandry The draft animal husbandry law includes the protection of genetic resources of livestock and poultry, production and management of breeding livestock and poultry, breeding of livestock and poultry, trading and transportation of livestock and poultry, quality assurance, etc China's animal husbandry has developed into a pillar industry of the rural economy The data shows that in 2004, China's total output value of animal husbandry was 1217.38 billion yuan, accounting for 33.6% of the total agricultural output value, 5 percentage points higher than that in 1998 The data shows that the total output of meat and eggs in China is the highest in the world, and the per capita share is 1.4 times and 2.1 times of the world average respectively In the adjustment of China's agricultural structure, animal husbandry not only promotes the growth of planting industry and realizes the sustainable development of agriculture, but also promotes the development of rural service industry and absorbs a large number of surplus rural labor According to relevant data, in 2003, China's labor force engaged in animal husbandry and related industries was about 100 million, and the cash income from animal husbandry accounted for more than 30% of the total cash income of farmers The development of animal husbandry has become an important way to increase farmers' income.