Animal Husbandry Law of the People's Republic of China (2022). Country/Territory China Document type Legislation Date 2005 (2022) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Animal production Animal health Poultry Animal reproduction Authorization/permit Genetic resources Inspection Transport/storage Pastoralism Basic legislation Internal trade International trade Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Law is enacted with a view to regulating the production and business operation of animal husbandry, ensuring the supply and quality safety of livestock and poultry products, protecting and rationally utilizing the genetic resources of livestock and poultry, cultivating and popularizing fine varieties of livestock and poultry, safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of livestock producers and business operators, preventing public health risks, and promoting the high-quality development of animal husbandry. The Law consists of 94 Articles divided into 10 Chapters : General provisions (I); Protection of the genetic resources of livestock and poultry (II); Selection, production and business operation of species of breeding livestock and poultry (III); Breeding of livestock and poultry (IV); Grassland Animal Husbandry (V); Trading and transport of livestock and poultry (VI); Livestock and Poultry Slaughter (VII); Quality and safety guarantee (VIII); Legal liabilities (IX); Supplementary provisions (X). A National Commission for the Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources shall be established by the competent agriculture and rural areas authority of the State Council and shall be responsible for the appraisal and evaluation of genetic resources of livestock and poultry. A permit for the production and business operation of breeding livestock and poultry, and of ova, frozen sperms, embryos and other genetic materials shall be obtained as specified in articles 24 to 28. Those who apply for import of breeding livestock and poultry shall hold the production and business operation permit of breeding livestock and poultry. The introduction, breeding, testing, approval and promotion of genetically modified livestock and poultry varieties shall comply with the national regulations on the safety management of agricultural genetically modified organisms. The State Council and the provincial people’s governments shall arrange the fine breed subsidies and other funds for supporting the stockbreeding development, to support the livestock and poultry breeders to buy fine breeds of livestock and poultry, improve the production facilities, expand the breeding scale, etc. The transport of livestock and poultry shall meet the animal disease prevention requirements. A stockbreeding and veterinary administrative department shall make a plan on the supervision and inspection over the quality and safety of livestock and poultry. 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