NPC deputy urges more international cooperation in poultry sector

After importing tens of thousands of chicks from the United States last month, Wang Lianzeng, a National People's Congress deputy from Hebei province, called for enhanced international cooperation in breeding egg-laying hens in a proposal delivered during the top legislature's recently concluded annual meeting in Beijing.

"I think it's necessary for enterprises of the two countries to cooperate, which is an important part of people-to-people interactions," Wang said last week, adding that he had engaged in multiple instances of win-win cooperation with an American company for almost two decades.

Wang is the chairman of Huayu Agricultural Science and Technology Co, a 42-year-old private company headquartered in Handan, Hebei, that has grown into a leading chick breeder in China.