Pork concept continued to decline in the early trading session, and the national inventory of sow pigs will be reduced.

After two consecutive days of decline, pork concept stocks fell further in the morning session on September 18th. As of the midday close, the sector had dropped by 1.39%, with companies like Anon TechBio and Tiankang Bio leading the losses, both falling by over 4%. According to multiple sources, a meeting on pig production capacity regulation was held in Beijing on September 16th, attended by companies including Muyuan Foods and Wens Foodstuff Group, where topics such as implementing pig weighing at slaughter were discussed. In addition, a "pig production scheduling meeting" has been held by relevant departments, with plans to reduce the national inventory of sows by about 1 million to around 39.5 million heads.