According to the newly released "National Inventory of Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources Varieties (2021 Edition)", there are 240 selected chicken breeds, including 115 local breeds, 5 breeds, 80 breeding supporting lines, 8 introduced varieties, and 32 introduced supporting lines. These chicken breeds can be divided into egg type, meat type and combined type according to their use. Here are some of the influential chicken breeds.
1. Local varieties mainly include Beijing oil chicken, Xianju chicken, white-eared yellow chicken, wolf mountain chicken, silk feather black-bone chicken, short-legged chicken, Huiyang bearded chicken, Changshun green shell egg chicken, Wenshang Luhua chicken, Longsheng phoenix chicken, etc., these chicken breeds are all national agricultural product geographical indication products.
2. The breeding varieties mainly include new wolf mountain chicken, new Pudong chicken, Jinghai yellow chicken, snow white chicken and so on.
3. The breeding supporting system mainly includes Jingbai 939, Nongda No. 3 small layer chicken supporting system, Jinghong No. 1 layer chicken supporting system, Dawu fan No. 1 layer chicken, Tiannong Ma chicken supporting system, Cantonese poultry Emperor No. 2 chicken supporting system, etc.
4. The introduced varieties mainly include Laihang chicken, Luodao red chicken, White Rock chicken, hidden white feather chicken and so on.
5. The introduction of supporting lines mainly includes Roman layer chicken, Hyland layer chicken, Deca layer chicken, Hessex layer chicken, Avian broiler, Degaux broiler, Kebao 500 broiler and so on.
In short, there are many chicken breeds in China, and the above chicken breeds basically cover varieties with high market share and greater influence.