At 8:30 am on October 15, 2020, the main conference of the 9th Lehman China Pig Raising Conference hosted by the University of Minnesota and Shixin Lupu International Exhibition (Beijing) Co., Ltd. officially kicked off at Chongqing Yuelai International Conference Center .

The Leman Conference has always been committed to the continuing education of international pig raising, and invited experts and scholars from the pig raising industry worldwide to share cutting-edge information and advanced scientific solutions in the world pig raising industry. Aiming to provide science-based solutions for the world's pig industry, it is an exhibition platform for the pig industry that integrates learning, discussion, communication, display, and docking.

The Leman China Pig Raising Conference is held once a year. There were 75 global guests, 8,264 participants, an exhibition area of 50,000 square meters, 613 exhibiting companies, and 73,537 professional audiences, truly a record high in scale. Under the influence of the pandemic, the conference still achieved leapfrog growth, demonstrating its outstanding brand influence.

Our college and the College of Veterinary Medicine, the University of Minnesota have a friendly cooperation relationship. The two sides have signed a cooperation and exchange agreement as early as June 2012. For many years, Jilin University, as the initial supporter of the Leman Pig Conference, has supported the conference each year. Two sides have friendly collaboration, and have cooperated in many aspects such as veterinary diagnosis, staff and student exchanges, joint research, and other activities. It is hoped that the two universities will be more in-depth cooperation in veterinary diagnosis center, animal hospital as well as personnel training.