Shibaizi Live Pigs

Shibaizi Live Pigs

　　Gao Shibaizi Village in Gongmin Town, Zizhong County, Sichuan Province is a specialized live pig village. The village has 431 households and 1,508 people engaged in the live pig industry, accounting for 75.88% of the total number of farming households in the village. The village maintains a year-round inventory of 15,600 live pigs, with an annual output of over 36,100 pigs. The live pig industry generates an output value of 54.02 million yuan, accounting for 83.35% of the total agricultural economic income. A farmers' professional cooperative, the Zizhong County San Kuai Shi Pig Breeding Cooperative, has been established, with 324 member households, accounting for 75% of the households raising pigs. The breeding operations follow a "Five Unifications" model: unified pig breeds, unified high-quality feed, unified feeding management, unified disease prevention and disinfection, and unified purchasing and sales. In 2010, the per capita net income of farmers in the village was 6,600 yuan, which is 23.5% higher than the county average, with pig breeding income contributing 4,686 yuan, or 71% of the per capita net income.

　　Through years of development, the village is being transformed into a modern animal husbandry park, a circular economy demonstration village for “pig-biogas-fruit (vegetable),” and an ecological village in the hilly region of Sichuan that integrates ecological breeding, ecological planting, ecological leisure, and ecological wellness. The area features clear functional zones, well-defined industrial layouts, supporting irrigation and pipeline networks, road infrastructure, as well as parks, squares, and a strong cultural presence, making it a livestock-themed park. In 2011, Gao Shibaizi Village (Live Pigs) was awarded the title of “National One Village One Product Demonstration Village” by the Ministry of Agriculture of China.