The province with the largest pig slaughter in China slaughtered 94 million pigs in 2006. In addition, Sichuan ranks first in the country in terms of annual slaughter, total pork output and the number of fertile sows, and it is well-deserved as the largest pig-raising province in China. Chengdu, Ziyang, Suining, Leshan and other places in the province are important places for pig production. The characteristics of pig breeding in Sichuan province are: thousands of households are scattered, and farmers are indifferent to commodity awareness. They raise two or three pigs a year and raise pigs during the New Year. In recent years, the scale of pig farmers has changed, and the number of farmers who have developed to a moderate scale (50 pigs a year) has begun to increase.

2. Hunan

In 2006, 79.65 million pigs were slaughtered, ranking second is inevitable. In addition, Hunan's per capita pig slaughter and external sales rank first in the country, and it is one of the top 100 pig-raising counties in China 14, which is the main supplier of pigs in Hong Kong and Macao. 65% of live pigs in Hunan are consumed locally, and the rest are supplied across provinces. Products such as live pigs, chilled meat and piglets are sold to Guangdong, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macao.

3.Henan Province

In 2006, the province slaughtered 59.58 million pigs, ranking third in the country. An obvious feature of this province is the rapid development of pig processing industry. Not only a large number of well-known brand enterprises such as Shuanghui and Zhongpin have maintained rapid growth, but a number of new pig processing enterprises have been completed and put into operation, which has become an important growth point of the food industry. At the same time, the breeding system of improved pigs in the province has been formed, the production level has been significantly improved, and the export of live pigs has maintained a good growth momentum.

4.shandong province

A traditional animal husbandry province, in 2006, the number of live pigs slaughtered was 5 1 10,000, ranking fourth. According to statistics, only 33.5% of the pigs in Shandong are released annually 100, and more pigs come from small-scale farmers. The fluctuation of market factors can easily affect the stock. The main export markets of Shandong live pigs are Shanghai, Guangdong and Hainan.

5.hebei province

In 2006, the number of live pigs in the province was 47.2794 million, which was 5.3% higher than that in 2005, ranking fifth. At present, it is still mainly free-range, and the degree of large-scale farming is low. The pig slaughter of large-scale farmers with more than 50 pigs per year accounts for 40.2% of the total slaughter in the province. The pig industry in Hebei Province is in a critical period of transition from traditional industry to modern industry. In 2006, Guangdong province slaughtered 36.35 million heads.

6. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

In 2006, 34.28 million heads were slaughtered, ranking seventh. Guangxi is a big province, mainly transferred to Guangdong, Hainan and other provinces, and part of it is supplied to Hong Kong and Macao. In recent years, more than 6,543,800 pigs have been transferred to Guangdong every year.

7.Hubei Province

In 2006, there were 3410.2 million live pigs, which was also the main producing area of live pigs.

8.jiangsu province

China is a big province of pig production and pork consumption. In 2006, 29.77 million heads were slaughtered, and at the end of the year, there were18.27 million heads, ranking ninth. Jiangsu is also an important pork brand province in China. Among the national 15 pork brands, Yurun, Sushi and Today were selected in Jiangsu, which is the province with the largest number of pork brands in China.

9. In 2006, 28.43 million live pigs were slaughtered in Anhui Province, which was included in the dominant regional layout of live pigs in China.