SHANGHAI, CHINA — ZhengChang Group along with the China Feed Industry Association and Jiangsu Feed Industry Association organized the Eighth Tianmu Lake Forum Dec. 16-18, 2019.

With the theme of “Stability and Reliability Enables Long-lasting Development — New Technology, New Process and New Development,” this forum invited a number of well-known experts and scholars in the industry, as well as more than 100 domestic and foreign participants from feed groups, to discuss and share the problems and development points of the industry.

At the same time, ZhengChang Mould Company was renamed ZhengChang Pellet Mill Sci&Tech Co., Ltd. Establishment of the company aims to focus on the core business of pellet mill R&D, manufacturing and related accessories services, and provide customers with more comprehensive and professional pellet mill solutions.

Yan Kuiyou, director of National Animal Husbandry Station and China Feed Industry Association, delivered the opening speech for the Tianmu Lake forum. He also analyzed the current situation and trend of China’s feed industry development from multiple perspectives, and gave suggestions on the feed production situation in 2019.

Hao Bo, vice-president of China Feed Industry Association and chairman of Jiangsu ZhengChang Group Co., Ltd., delivered a welcome speech, then the expert speeches officially started.

Cao Kang, editor of Modern China Feed Engineering, shared the innovation points that feed processing equipment and feed processing technology can provide, and explained how feed factories should implement safe production and realize sustainable development from the four perspectives of dust explosion-proof, environmental protection, limited space management and pest management.

Professor Wang Hongying, executive director of Chinese Cereals and Oils Association Feed Branch, deconstructed the concept and composition of OEE based on evaluation and analysis of comprehensive efficiency of main processing equipment in feed enterprises, gave examples of OEE in feed processing enterprises and clarified its application and index system.

Liu Jichao, vice-president of Conti Feed (China) Group, showed the seven highlights of Conti Group's high-grade piglet feed.

Yang Jie, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, showed the research data of different starch source characteristics, and explained the influence of different starch sources on the quality of extruded aquatic feed rigorously and vividly, and provided a new direction for the research and exploration of new and old materials of extruded aquatic feed.

A panel discussion during the event focused on the problems and development points in operation management and process equipment.

At the closing ceremony on Dec. 18, the New Generation of Feed Fund was launched again to commend the representatives who actively shared the research results during the forum.