On October 26, 2021, the 3rd Animal Welfare Science (China) Conference was held in Shanghai, which was jointly sponsored by the National Animal Health and Food Safety Innovation Alliance, Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences and national pig technology innovation center, co-organized by the Animal Welfare and Health Breeding Branch of the Chinese Society of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Shanghai Yuezi Enterprise Information Consulting Co., Ltd., and was co-organized by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), the World Society for animal protection (WAP), and the World Farm Animal Welfare Association (WAP) ( CIWF), FAI Farms, Global Food Partnership (GFP), and also received support and response from the alliance members and partners China Agricultural University, food and agriculture organization of the United Nations, China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, British Humane Slaughter association, Nanjing Agricultural University, Shandong Agricultural University, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of SpecialTies of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hainan Zhiyu Sustainable Science and Technology Development Research Center, Chia Tai Group, Yili Group, Tyson China, etc. Nearly 180 people from the government, industry associations, scientific research institutes, as well as aquaculture, slaughtering, veterinary drugs, equipment, food deep processing, testing and certification, catering and supermarket enterprises participated in the conference offline, and the number of online live broadcasts was 284,000.
Huang Yong, Vice President of Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences, Chai Tongjie, Chairman of animal welfare and healthy breeding branch of China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Society, Liu Jianzhu, secretary general of animal welfare and healthy breeding branch of China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Society, Dr Xiao Xiao, national contact for animal welfare (China) of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Paul littlefair, director of international affairs of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), Wu Xiaohong, representative of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in China, Mark Dia, Director of the Global Farm Animals Program of the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WAP), Xueqin Chu, Farm Project Manager of the China Division of the World Society for the Protection of Animals, Philip Lymbery, Global CEO of the World Society for Farm Animal Welfare (CIWF), Zhou Zunguo, Chief Representative of the World Farm Animal Welfare Association (CIWF) china, Yang Qing, Representative of Global Food Partners (GFP) China, and Daniela, Animal Welfare Program Officer of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Battaglia, FAI Farms Animal Welfare Scientist Murilo Quintiliano, British Humane Slaughter association (HSA) Chief Scientist Huw Golledge, Nanjing Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine Associate Professor Fei Rongmei, China Agricultural University College of Veterinary Medicine Associate Professor Li Jing, Tyson China Food Safety and Quality Management Senior Manager Chen Yuehua, Yili Group Dairy Research Institute Training and Epidemic Prevention Health Center Director Wei Xiaojun, Sun Lihua, Technical President of The Northern Region of Chia Tai Group Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Food Enterprise (China), Xiong Chuanwu, President of Shanghai Yuezi Enterprise Information Consulting Co., Ltd., Han Han, Director of Hainan Zhiyu Sustainable Science and Technology Development Research Center, and other expert leaders attended the meeting through online and offline forms. The opening ceremony was presided over by Dr. Sun Zhongchao, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the Alliance.
The figure | Dr. Sun Zhongchao, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the National Animal Health and Food Safety Innovation Alliance
Spotlight on animal welfare: one health, one welfare
Huang Yong, vice president of Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences, talked about participating in this year's animal welfare conference in his speech, hoping to work with many experts and scholars from top R&D institutions in the field of animal welfare at home and abroad to explore welfare breeding technology, enhance consumers' awareness and recognition of good animal welfare products, jointly study and develop countermeasures, and set up a vane for the development of farm animal welfare.
Pictured| Huang Yong, vice president of Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences
Paul.littlefair, Director of International Affairs of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), congratulated the successful convening of the conference through online form, saying that the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, as the world's oldest animal welfare organization, will continue to cooperate with the National Alliance for Animal Health and Food Safety Innovation to help promote the scientific concept of animal welfare and promote the sustainable development of animal husbandry.
Pictured| Paul Littlefair, Director of International Affairs at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).
Mark Dia, Director of the Global Farm Animals Program at the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WAP), also delivered a speech remotely, talking about the integration of animal protection into the urgent issues that need to be solved globally, helping people understand the importance of animal protection and animal welfare, and advocating the social and civilized trend of treating animals well.
Photo| Mark Dia, Director of the Global Farm Animals Program at the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WAP).
Philip Lymbery, Global CEO of the World Farm Animal Welfare Association (CIWF), delivered a speech in which he pointed out that "the concept of animal welfare is not independent, it is closely related to biosecurity and environmental safety, and actively promote animal welfare to adapt to the current renewable agricultural and livestock production methods." In nature-friendly agriculture, animals, as sentient beings, can move freely, do not suffer, and can feel the joy of life."
Pictured| Philip Lymbery, Global CEO of the World Farm Animal Welfare Association (CIWF).
The first batch of international standards for animal welfare in China were released
In order to promote the development of animal welfare and improve the animal welfare technology level of industry personnel, the National Animal Health and Food Safety Innovation Alliance (CAFA), the governing unit of the alliance, Shanghai Yuezi Enterprise Information Consulting Co., Ltd. (IQC), reached a strategic cooperation agreement with the Humane Farm Animal Care Organization (HFAC), which plans to improve the lives of farm animals by providing feasible, trustworthy and appropriately monitored humane food production standards, and assure consumers that certified products meet these standards.
Photo| Dr. Xiong Chuanwu, Director of the Agricultural Sustainable Development Department of the National Animal Health and Food Safety Innovation Alliance
Dr. Xiong Chuanwu, Director of the Agricultural Sustainable Development Department of the National Animal Health and Food Safety Innovation Alliance and President of Shanghai Yuezi Enterprise Information Consulting Co., Ltd., introduced the current results of the Alliance's animal welfare science work, as of August 2021, the group standards "Dairy Cow Animal Welfare International Certification Standard", "Layer Animal Welfare International Certification Standard", "Broiler Animal Welfare International Certification Standard" and other contents, "Pig Animal Welfare International Certification Standard" and "Beef Cattle Animal Welfare International Certification Standard" are being drafted. It is expected that the International Certification Standard for Aquatic Animal Welfare will be issued in 2022.
Gather consensus, talk about welfare
Through theme reports, roundtable discussions and other forms, the conference discussed and analyzed topics such as global animal welfare industry policies and development trends, national standards for animal welfare, sustainable development of animal welfare in agriculture, the role of animal welfare in brand building, and the application and prospect of humane slaughtering technology, and objectively and deeply interpreted the current development status of the animal welfare industry from multiple dimensions and perspectives and analyzed the future development trend.
The conference was divided into the first and second halves, which were presided over by Professor Liu Jianzhu, Secretary General of the Animal Welfare and Healthy Breeding Branch of the Chinese Society of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine.
Professor Chai Tongjie, Chairman of the Animal Welfare and Healthy Breeding Branch of the Chinese Society of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Xiao Xiao, National Contact of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Animal Welfare (China), Chen Yuehua, Senior Manager of Tyson China Food Safety and Quality Management Department, Wu Xiaohong, Representative of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in China, and Chu Xueqin, Farm Project Manager of the China Section of the World Society for animal Protection, focused on the innovative development of farm animal welfare and healthy breeding in China - theory and practice exploration. Speeches were made on topics such as the revision of the National Standard for Animal Welfare (GB) in China, the latest welfare breeding technology of global broiler chickens and the case study of Tyson, the exploration and practice of animal welfare general courses in colleges and universities, and the transformation of animal welfare and food systems.
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Professor Chai Tongjie, Chairman of the Animal Welfare and Healthy Breeding Branch of the Chinese Society of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Professor Fei Rongmei of the College of Veterinary Medicine of Nanjing Agricultural University, and Dr. Xiao Xiao, National Contact of Animal Welfare (China) of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), conducted in-depth discussions and exchanges around the exploration of animal welfare development in line with China's national conditions, and Dr. Sun Zhongchao, Deputy Secretary-General of the Alliance, presided over the roundtable discussion.
The second half was moderated by Dr. Xiao Xiao, OIE's National Contact for Animal Welfare (China), Daniela Battaglia, Fao's Animal Welfare Programme Officer, Zhou Zunguo, Chief Representative of the World Farm Animal Welfare Association (CIWF), Murilo Quintiliano, Fai Farms Animal Welfare Scientist, Li Jing, Associate Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, and Global Food Partnership (GFP). Yang Qing, Representative of China, Wei Xiaojun, Director of the Training and Epidemic Prevention And Health Center of Yili Group Dairy Research Institute, and Huw Golledge, Chief Scientist of the British Humane Slaughtering Association (HSA), focused on how FAO can effectively promote the development of global animal welfare - experience and practical case analysis, global improvement strategies and technology trends of farm animal welfare, global aquatic welfare technology research and development and practice - opportunities and challenges, the current situation and development of equine animal welfare technology in the world, and the acceleration of the development of non-caged layer breeding in China. Presentations on dairy farming welfare technologies and their impact on milk production performance, sharing of humane slaughtering techniques in the UK and progress in welfare certification.
Sun Lihua, President of The Northern Region of Chia Tai Group Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Food Enterprise (China), Han Han, Director of Hainan Zhiyu Sustainable Science and Technology Development Research Center, and Chen Yuehua, Senior Manager of Tyson China Food Safety and Quality Management Department, focused on hot topics of animal welfare science application and practice, in-depth interpretation and discussion from multiple dimensions and perspectives, bringing practical ideas for on-site and online guests.
Due to the new crown epidemic situation, some guests and delegates could not attend the scene in person, so this conference specially opened a real-time online live broadcast, there are China Economic Network, China Green Development Association Weibo live broadcast, Baidu live broadcast and other platform broadcasts, online views reached 284,000 times, through the simultaneous dissemination of online and offline, the third animal welfare science (China) conference achieved a complete success, after multinational experts experience sharing and discussion, will have a positive guiding effect on the international and Chinese animal welfare industry, explore new mechanisms, new models, Seek a path of animal welfare development in line with China's national conditions.