# China food security: pork self-sufficiency push to raise demand for global grain stocks | South China Morning Post

> China reaffirmed a goal to produce 95% of its pork domestically through 2025, with poultry and egg self-sufficiency at 85%, beef and mutton at 85%, and dairy at 70%. Analysts expect feed grain imports to stay high as China prioritises domestic meat and dairy output.

- Date: 2021-12-23 · published 2021-12-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region China · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43578-china-food-security-pork-self-sufficiency-push-to-raise-demand-for-global-grain
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Sustained high Chinese demand for imported soybeans and feed grains supports global feed grain and soymeal prices even as domestic herd policy shifts.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- CHICKEN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2016-12-13 | [China's soybean meal futures rise to 5-month high RAID](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73553-china-s-soybean-meal-futures-rise-to-5-month-high-raid.md) | -0.9% | -2.7% |
| SOY | 2020-07-02 | [China Gearing-up To Meet Increase In Demand For Feed - Trade News - News - Zhejiang Yaofi Bio-Tech Co.,Ltd](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52131-china-gearing-up-to-meet-increase-in-demand-for-feed-trade-news-news-zhejiang.md) | +0.5% | -0.2% |
| SOY | 2021-11-03 | [Rise of biodiesel leads to jump in cooking oil prices, skyrocketing demand for soybeans \| Here & Now](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44128-rise-of-biodiesel-leads-to-jump-in-cooking-oil-prices-skyrocketing-demand-for.md) | -3.6% | -1.3% |
| SOY | 2023-04-20 | [China Farm Official Expects Little Growth in Soybean Planting This Year - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36387-china-farm-official-expects-little-growth-in-soybean-planting-this-year-pork.md) | -4.7% | -11.3% |
| SOY | 2026-09-18 | [Protecting and growing biofuel demand is among policy priorities this fall for ASA  - Indiana Corn and Soy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14997-protecting-and-growing-biofuel-demand-is-among-policy-priorities-this-fall-for.md) | -0.2% | -4.3% |
| CORN | 2025-05-06 | [China cuts need for feed seed as food security campaign ramps up \| South China Morning Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24651-china-cuts-need-for-feed-seed-as-food-security-campaign-ramps-up-south-china.md) | -1.4% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2021-06-30 | [Now With Too Many Pigs, China Moves to Prop Up Pork Prices - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46557-now-with-too-many-pigs-china-moves-to-prop-up-pork-prices-caixin-global.md) | -0.4% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2022-09-22 | [China to Cut Soybean Meal in Livestock Feed \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39574-china-to-cut-soybean-meal-in-livestock-feed-feed-and-grain.md) | -2.8% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg: https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3160789/china-food-security-pork-self-sufficiency-push-raise-demand

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