Continuously developing grassland animal husbandry of China

The development of grassland animal husbandry in China since 1949 was summarized and China has explored a way with Chinese features to develop grassland animal husbandry. Production level of grassland animal husbandry is continuously growing and more than 30 millions heads of livestock are provided; the structure of grassland animal husbandry production is steadily improving; the development foundation of grassland animal husbandry is more solid. Since 2000, more than 20 billion RMB has been invested for grassland protection. Grassland animal husbandry plays an important role in ecology security and economy development, and the environmental status in some areas has been obvious improved. However, affected by grassland ecological security, swine depended animal husbandry and development capacity in grassland area, the development of grassland animal husbandry is still facing the sever challenges. So, the existing problems and the opportunities should be seriously considered in order to enhance the development of grassland animal husbandry.