In order to further improve animal welfare and realize the harmonious development of people, animals and the environment, the "Animal Welfare International High-level Roundtable" hosted by ICCAW of CAPIAC was held in Beijing on March 29. It attracted representatives from international organizations, embassies and enterprises to share their insights on animal welfare.
01 Conference Background
Animal welfare, as an important approach to realize green and sustainable agricultural development, plays a positive role in improving animal health and productivity, reducing antibiotics usage and meeting the health needs of consumers. It has become a global strategic consensus that animal welfare improvement is an important measure to realize the harmonious co-development of humans, animals and the environment.
In this Roundtable, participants exchanged ideas focusing on the sustainable development of livestock industry and the improvement of animal welfare level.
02 Highlights
Participants of this Roundtable come from many domestic and foreign institutions and enterprises. There were speakers from Danish, German, Dutch embassies in China, Beijing Capital Agriculture Group, Dong 'E Ejiao Co., LTD., CP Group and many other well-know institutes and companies.
Xi Chunling
Executive Vice President and Secretary General of CAPIAC
Bao Jun
President of ICCAW
Teng Xiangyan
Director of Animal Health Standards and Regulations Research Office, China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center
Xiao Xiao
Animal welfare Country Contact, OIE
Katja Goodhew
Minister Counsellor, Royal Danish Embassy, Beijing
Friederike Dörfler
Food and Agriculture Counsellor, German Embassy in Beijing
Karel van Bommel
Counsellor, Embassyof the Kingdomof the Netherlands, Beijing
Ina Enting
Director of Netherlands Agri-Food and Technology Center
Huang Yun
Project Manager of Consumer Economy Industry at the China-Britain Business Council
Zhou Baogui
Party Secretary of Beijing Huadu Yukou Poultry Co.,Ltd.
Wang Hongwei
Party Secretary of Beijing Heiliu Animal Husbandry Technology Co., Ltd.
Wang Yantao
Wang Yantao, Vice President of Dong-E-E-Jiao Co.,Ltd.
Walter Benz
President of Big Dutchman
Gao Jiwei
Chairman of Beijing Kingpeng Global Husbandry Technology Co., Ltd.
Ren Tongsu
Chairman of Jiangsu Yiai Agricultural Development Co., Ltd.
Zu Sheng
Chairman of Beijing Sifanghong Feedstuff Technology Co., Ltd.
Zheng Hao
Chairman of Henan Aimu Agriculture Co., Ltd.
Wang Weisheng
Founder of HappyEggs
Sheng Zhenguo
Deputy General Manager of China Classification Society Certification Company
Sun Lihua
Technical Director of CP Group
03 Successfully Concluded
In this Roundtable many constructive views and insights have been put forward, which will help to the understanding of animal welfare concepts, build international consensus, and promote the development of farm animal welfare in the world.