Pork supply should be protected, official says

With Spring Festival approaching, local authorities must take steps to ensure a sufficient supply of pork while maintaining their efforts against African swine fever, a senior agricultural official said.

Agricultural authorities at various levels must ensure that the production of pork is stable and that transport of live pigs and pork between regions is orderly, Han Changfu, minister of agriculture and rural affairs, said during a video conference on Tuesday.

While African swine fever has generally been kept under control, and the pork market remains stable, strong efforts must continue to ensure that disease control and prevention measures are carried out, including effectively handling any new outbreak and improving supervision of pig farms, he said.