Rising pork prices a lesson, not a crisis

Editor's Note: Pork prices have been rising for months. In August, pork prices soared 46.7 percent year-on-year and 19.7 percentage points from the previous month, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Sept 10. Two experts share their views on how to solve the pig farming sector's short-term and long-term problems with China Daily's Yao Yuxin. Excerpts follow:

Raise output, not imports, to meet pork demand

Pork prices were on a downward trend after reaching a cyclical peak i