Addressing widespread concerns about reducing costs and improving efficiency in agriculture, animal husbandry and logistics, and tackling industry pain points such as cutthroat price competition, losses from empty runs, and mismatches in transport capacity, the Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Cold Chain Logistics Forum of the 2026 World Pork Day was held on 10 month 22 day at the Central China International Exhibition Center in Zhengzhou.
The forum, themed “Reducing Costs of Key Factors · Connecting the Supply Chain for Mutual Benefit,” was organized by the World Pork Expo Organizing Committee and the World Swine Industry Expo Organizing Committee, and hosted by the Cold Chain Professional Committee of the Henan Logistics and Purchasing Association. More than 300 representatives from the fields of agriculture and animal husbandry, livestock farming, feed, slaughtering and processing, meat products, and cold-chain logistics gathered at the event to explore ways to reduce costs and improve efficiency in agricultural and animal husbandry logistics.
Competition in the pig industry is competition in luck and management.
The forum was hosted by Guo Peng, head of the Cold Chain Professional Committee of the Henan Federation of Logistics and Purchasing.
Lei Yonghui, chief adviser to the World Pig Meat Festival, said in his address that the pig industry had entered a stage of competition across the entire supply chain, while cost accounting for transportation had long been overlooked: “The accounts for the pens are getting more and more detailed, but we still can’t get a handle on the costs on the road.” The forum’s theme, “Reducing Costs Across Key Factors · Connecting the Supply Chain for Shared Success,” aims to address these gaps and improve efficiency from the perspective of the logistics supply chain.
Six practical sharing sessions covering every stage of the process: livestock farming, feed, slaughtering, and cold chain
From grain to pigs, reducing costs at every step
Wang Kai, General Manager of Muyuan Logistics, outlined the industry's three-stage journey in cost reduction, from “competitive cost reduction” to “factor iteration” and then to “efficiency enablement.” He proposed that shippers and logistics companies work toward the same goal of improving efficiency, using platform-based dispatching and capacity pool management to unlock further cost-reduction opportunities.
Commerce and logistics converge into one chain
Wan Jing, Chief Product Officer of New Hope Group’s Fresh Life, used the “Jixian Caizhu” platform as an example to explain how coordination across four chains—sourcing, quality inspection, fulfillment, and trust enhancement—can break open the “black box” of live pig distribution, making quality controllable, delivery transparent, and payment trustworthy.
Visible and manageable
Cao Fang, General Manager of G7 Easy Flow’s Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Cold Chain Industry Solutions, discussed how IoT and AI can turn transportation losses into a management loop that enables early warnings, intervention, and accountability across three scenarios: feed, live animals, and cold chain. “Real cost reduction comes from turning data into management actions.”
Choosing an electric vehicle means choosing its battery
Tian Qiushi, director of commercial vehicle terminal sales at CATL, believes that the electrification of commercial vehicles has entered a market-driven phase. Focusing on the idea that “choosing an electric vehicle means choosing its battery,” he explains how Tianxing batteries, together with fast-charging and battery-swapping systems, help support operating costs and residual asset value.
Internal resources provide a foundation, while external goods expand capacity
Sheng Lei, General Manager of Luohe Shuanghui Logistics Investment Co., Ltd., addresses the “three major challenges” faced by supply-chain-leading enterprises—difficulty controlling the entire chain, improving efficiency and reducing costs, and transforming and developing—and shares seven-step solutions, including technology-enabled visualization, road-rail-water intermodal transport, switching from oil to electricity, integrated solar power, energy storage and charging, and integrated warehousing, transportation and distribution.
New energy only counts when it is used effectively
Pei Guangchao, General Manager of Henan Muhua Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., presented the real cost accounts for 160 electric heavy-duty trucks and proposed four strategies—“scenarios determine vehicle choice, calculate costs over the full life cycle, manage assets systematically, and match vehicles to multiple scenarios”—to address the challenge of electrification in agricultural and livestock settings, where vehicles fail to achieve sufficient mileage.
Let cost reductions stay within the industry
The forum concluded with the host’s words: “Only by understanding the scenarios can we get the numbers right”—a shared takeaway from all six presentations. Building on this forum, the Cold Chain Professional Committee of the Henan Federation of Logistics and Purchasing will regularly organize industry exchanges, supply-and-demand matchmaking, and company visits, focusing on cost-reduction challenges in agricultural and animal husbandry logistics, and promote the implementation of the experience gained at the forum across the industry chain.