Whole Family of Fragrant Pigs

Whole Family of Fragrant Pigs

　　The Congjiang fragrant pig matures early, easily becomes plump, has strong fat storage capacity during lactation, is small in size, has tender meat, aromatic flavor, and sweet soup, making it an ideal resource for producing high-end meat products.

　　Detailed introduction:

　　　　Guizhou Congjiang Fragrant Pig Specialty Food Co., Ltd. (Congjiang Fragrant Pig Development Company) is a joint-stock enterprise integrating the production, breeding, processing, and sales of fragrant pigs. The company currently has 52 employees, including: 7 R&D personnel, 5 with senior professional titles or above, 12 intermediate-level professionals, 4 financial management staff, and 24 technicians. Its current departments include the office, finance department, quality inspection department, meat processing plant, sales department, and 8 base branch companies.

　　　　The company covers an area of 30 acres, with fixed assets of 11 million yuan, a building area of 6,000 square meters, and has built a cold storage facility with a capacity of 200 tons and a production line capable of processing 500,000 fragrant pigs per year. Office and auxiliary facilities are well-equipped, providing excellent conditions for development.

　　　　Currently, through joint R&D efforts, the company has developed three major categories and two varieties of fragrant pig products, including carcass pork, roasted fragrant pigs, fragrant pig cured meat, fragrant pig sausages, fragrant pig ham, delicious heart and liver, and butterfly pig heads. These have won the Third Prize for Excellent New Product Development in Guizhou Province in 1999-2000. In 2000, they were recognized as Outstanding New Products in National Food Industry Technological Progress by the China National Food Industry Association. They were also certified as Health Foods by the Guizhou Provincial Health Care Association. The Congjiang Fragrant Pig Development Company was designated as an official tourism product manufacturer by several departments, including the Provincial Economic and Trade Commission, Provincial Light Textile Department, Provincial Township Enterprises Bureau, and Provincial Tourism Bureau. It was also recognized as a Leading Enterprise of Guizhou Province by the Provincial Party Committee and Government. In 2003, the Congjiang fragrant pig was recommended by the Ministry of Agriculture as one of the four key characteristic industries in Guizhou Province.

　　　　Since its establishment, the company has actively adopted a business model of "company + farmers" and provided integrated services across production, supply, and sales. It has vigorously developed high-quality Congjiang fragrant pig resources and pursued an optimized development path for the fragrant pig industry. Currently, the company has established fragrant pig production bases in 21 townships, with 26,400 farming households raising the pigs, maintaining 45,000 breeding sows, and producing over 400,000 piglets annually. To date, it has developed 18 varieties across 3 major categories of fragrant pig products, which are sold in more than 20 large and medium-sized cities across China as well as in Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.

　　　　The Congjiang fragrant pig is a rare and superior local pig breed in China, renowned both domestically and internationally for its short stature, fragrant and tender meat, purebred genetics, and pollution-free qualities. Tests show that its meat is highly nutritious, containing 87.41% protein and 73% total amino acids (including 17.16% glutamic acid), with low levels of crude fat and cholesterol, as well as rich selenium content. Regular consumption offers anti-cancer, anti-aging, health-promoting, and nourishing benefits, making it an ideal breed for developing high-end meat products and medical research animals.

　　　　In 1982, the Congjiang fragrant pig was included in the "Guizhou Provincial Local Livestock and Poultry Breed Register"; in 1993, it was listed under the "National Second-Class Protected Livestock Breed"; in 1995, at the First National Hundred Specialties Hometown Naming and Promotion Conference in Beijing, Congjiang County—the main production area of the Congjiang fragrant pig—was named China's Hometown of Famous Pigs by the State Council; in 1999, the Congjiang fragrant pig received the title of Famous Product at the China International Agricultural Expo; in 2000, Document No. 130 from the Ministry of Agriculture included the Congjiang fragrant pig in the "National Livestock Resource Protection Breeds."