Samenvatting

The research assesses the value chain and quality control of the pork industry in Beijing municipality of China. Through interviewing all the actors of pork industrial value chain in Beijing, the roles functions and problems of each of the actor of the pork industrial value chain of Beijing were investigated and discussed. Finally relevant suggestions and recommendations were offered for further improvement. The author used survey and case study to explore the pork industrial value chain of Beijing. The investigations were carried out among pig farmers in seven selected districts of the Beijing municipality. The case study worked on an integrated evaluation of the pork industrial value chain. And the major actors of this chain included: pig farmers, brokers, processor, wholesalers, retailers and consumers. Empirical data from the research were used for this assessment of the pork industrial value chain. Descriptive statistics were collected. Through comparing the profit and responsibility in the actors of the value chain, the main results obtained from survey (focusing on pig farmers) and interviews (among brokers, managers of slaughterhouses, wholesaler markets, open markets and supermarkets), were the descriptions of the roles of each member and their current situation about quality control in the pork industry value chain in Beijing. According to this research, the slaughterhouses have taken up the lion share of the chain’s gross gain. By contrast, the broker, transporter and wholesaler market shared only a little amount of the rest of the profit. Regarding to the quality control, the quality system of HACCP is not universally and strictly followed by each member. Therefore, it is very necessary to make recommendations for a new industrial value chain system and an improved quality control system.