Chinese Farms to Face Emergency Inspections Following Swine Fever Outbreak

Reports of the country’s first African swine fever case in China’s Liaoning province sparked increased inspections at pig farms and markets and beefed up the scrutinizing of hog transportation.
The African swine fever outbreak puts the hog farming industry in the province and the entire country in great peril, and must be exterminated scrupulously, an official from Liaoning Provincial Bureau of Animal Health and Production said, according to Liaoning Daily.

The provincial government has instructed local heads to initiate emergency inspections at all pig farms, hog markets, slaughterhouses and harmless treatment locations in the province, and note any instances of pig deaths owing to unidentified reasons, butchered pigs found with splenomegaly or splenic haemorrhage, and immune failure amid pigs post swine fever vaccines, reported the paper, quoting the animal health bureau.

A provisional shutting of all live hog markets and slaughterhouses in Shenbei district has been ordered, where the outbreak was revealed, the paper reported.

About 913 hogs were culled near Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning, and forbid shipping of hogs from the affected areas, after the outbreak.

Transport of Hogs and products in Shenyang is restricted within the city and those shipped from exteriors must undergo stringent quarantine, the animal health bureau official said.

This being the first case in East Asia has raised concern about its spread in China, which possesses the world’s largest pig herd, and probably to adjacent countries in Asia.

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Top 5 Chinese Cities Producing Medical Device Products

China's medical device market is growing at a rate of 20% a year, with more than 15,000 medical device manufacturers and 40,000 medical device traders. Often specific regions in the country have centralized manufacturing with higher production schedule efficiency of medical device products. Here are China’s 5 major medical device cities:

Tonglu, Zhejiang

Tonglu has become the distribution center of domestic endoscopes. There are more than 30 Manufacturing Enterprises officially registered, and more than 90 trading companies.

Xuzhou, Jiangsu

There are 53 medical device manufacturers and 434 medical device distributors in Xuzhou, most of which are small-scale enterprises. The main products include anorectal treatment instruments, prostate treatment instruments, B-ultrasound and other low-end medical device products.

Touqiao Town, Yangzhou, Jiangsu

Yangzhou is a well-known area for disposable medical consumables in China, with a staff of 6,200 and nearly 5,000 marketers. Products are mainly concentrated on disposable medical supplies, including anesthesia kits, puncture kits, infusion devices and others.

Wuhan, Hubei

Wuhan occupies the majority of the medical laser equipment market share in China and is the leader in the domestic market in terms of cutting-edge products. There are currently dozens of medical laser manufacturers in Wuhan.

Jinxian county, Jiangxi

Jinxian county has more than 150 medical device product manufacturers and more than 300 trading companies, accounting for 31% of the country's market share. It mainly produces and sells disposable infusion sets, syringes, needles, medical hygienic materials, and dressings.

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