context: As input costs rise and trade protection tightens, the livestock sector is navigating a delicate transit. A trade safeguard probe into beef imports, new subsidies for genetic and feed upgrades and steady gains in live cattle prices point to growing state intervention. Against this backdrop, the 2025 China Animal Husbandry Expo showcases the sector’s pivot to smart farming, low-carbon practices and global partnerships, key to achieving the 2030 target of livestock making up 40 percent of agricultural output.
The 2025 China Animal Husbandry Expo opened on 19 May in Qingdao, covering 180,000 square metres with over 1,500 firms from more than 20 countries and regions. Over 8,000 booths drew an estimated 230,000 visitors.
Leading players such as CP Group, Muyuan and Wens presented integrated breeding, farming and processing systems. The expo served as a platform to align industry practices with Beijing's 2030 livestock output and scale targets, writes International Livestock Technology.
Smart livestock farming was a major theme. Nearly 500 exhibitors showcased AI, IoT and sensor-driven solutions.
Mice Intelligence’s edge-computing server enables 60+ conventional cameras to perform animal identification and health tracking. Shanghai Huyu’s smart lighting replicates sunlight variation to reduce stress and improve survival rates.
At the Digitised Livestock Conference, the national livestock and veterinary cloud platform was launched, alongside 20 outstanding and 80 model digital cases.
Muyuan reported a 12 percent gain in feed conversion and 30 percent drop in labour costs using IoT systems. Wens optimised its feed ratio below 2.4:1 using AI-based nutrient modelling.
Low-carbon technologies and circular systems were also in focus.
PeroPure’s water-based hydrogen peroxide generator offers high-purity disinfection and gas removal. Hengji Agriculture’s anaerobic digester generates 30 cubic metres of biogas per tonne of waste, supplying over 60 percent of site energy needs.
A new low-carbon, low-nitrogen, antibiotic-reduction initiative co-launched by the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs and 31 firms targets 15 percent nitrogen and 20 percent antibiotic cuts by 2027.
Biosecurity advances included portable PCR kits detecting African swine fever within 30 minutes and Muyuan’s upgraded air filters with 99.9 percent PM2.5 efficiency.
Central government has earmarked C¥500 million for vaccine R&D and cold-chain systems in 2025.
International partnerships are expanding.
CP Group is exporting its smart poultry model to Southeast Asia. Anhui’s Sigaode has entered Pakistan and Egypt with precision feeders.
Qingdao-based firms launched a new group standard for intelligent pig feeders now being promoted regionally. Hainan University and Germany’s EW Group will cooperate on smart breeding and hatching.
The expo reflects Beijing’s drive to restructure its livestock sector around scale, efficiency and global integration.