Linzhang Rex Rabbits

Linzhang Rex Rabbits

　　Linzhang Rex Rabbits are a specialty of Linzhang County, Handan City, Hebei Province. The main breeds raised in Linzhang include American Rex rabbits, French Rex rabbits, and German Rex rabbits. High-quality Linzhang Rex Rabbit breeds have spread across the country, and the meat and fur products from leading enterprises are exported to countries and regions such as the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Canada, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong.

　　Linzhang County is a major producer of Rex rabbits. As early as 1997, the county Party committee and government, based on local conditions and breeding advantages, and in response to market demand, organized multiple expert consultations to establish the Rex rabbit industry as a featured sector. Over the past decade, the government has taken active and effective measures to guide and support the industry—introducing superior breeds, hiring experts, and formulating assistance and preferential policies—leading to rapid development of the Rex rabbit industry. By the end of 2005, the county had 25,200 rabbit-raising households, with an annual inventory of 1.03 million Rex rabbits and 510 large-scale breeders or farms each raising over 200 rabbits. The county has established ten leading enterprises, including Linying Rabbit Industry Co., Ltd., Tianyi Fur Products Co., Ltd., Jiansen Rabbit Industry Development Co., Ltd., Xinyi Fur Co., Ltd., Sanyi Rabbit Industry Development Center, Hengda Fur Co., Ltd., Changshan Food Co., Ltd., Huayuan Rabbit Industry Service Center, Liuyuan Tanning Factory, and Yumu Breeding Rabbit Farm. Among them, Linying Rabbit Industry Co., Ltd. is a provincial-level key agricultural industrialization leading enterprise, while Tianyi Fur Products Co., Ltd. and Jiansen Rabbit Industry Development Co., Ltd. are municipal-level key agricultural industrialization leading enterprises. These enterprises annually purchase 1.2 million commercial Rex rabbits, process 1,600 tons of rabbit meat, and produce 61,000 fur garments. The “Linying” brand stewed rabbit is a provincial famous-brand product, and the “Skanbel” and “Fasiteer” fur garments are exported to multiple countries and regions including Italy, France, Russia, South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong. The enterprises generate an annual output value of 250 million yuan, export earnings of 8.2 million US dollars, and profits and taxes of 19.6 million yuan, bringing the total output value of the Rex rabbit industry to 450 million yuan.