The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce (FCCC), the Province of East-Flanders, and the Belgian Feed Association (BFA) organized a China Seminar on 20 November 2018 in the House of the Province.

The increased hog consumption in China provides opportunities for the export of pork meat to China as well as for the supply sector. Hog farming in China is restructuring, which provides opportunities for Flemish and Belgian enterprises in the supply sector which want to export.

The Seminar on 20 November 2018 was organized on the occasion of the visit of a large Chinese delegation from the pig farming sector and focussed on the Flemish and Belgian companies in the supply sector, including companies specialized in feedstuff, infrastructure, construction of pigsties, genetic material, vaccination and vaccines, medical materials, machines and equipment for slaughterhouses, and meat processing. During the Seminar the sector in Flanders and Belgium and research on bio-safety at Ghent University, was presented. A few companies introduced themselves, and the event was concluded with networking with the Chinese companies.

Vice Governor for the Economy and International Cooperation Mrs. Martine Verhoeve welcomed the participants, followed by an overview of the supply sector by BFA. Prof. Dr. Jeroen Dewulf, Ghent University, gave an introduction on bio-safety, followed by a short introduction by four Flemish companies in the supply sector. Mrs. Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce, presented the conclusions of the event.