Animal welfare is an emerging topic that is becoming more and more important today in the context of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). On October 24th, as one of the members of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation delegation, Linda Wong participated in the 2nd World Conference on Farm Animal Welfare held in Beijing with the theme of “Farm Animal Welfare-Beijing Consensus”.

The conference is a grand event for animal welfare. It is co-sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the China Association For the Promtion of International Agricultural Cooperation (CAPIAC). The theme of the conference is “Good Welfare, Good Quality, Good Future”. Industry representatives from all over the world participated. The delegation of the China Green Development Association and its Good Food Foundation also participated in the event.

Farm animal welfare is an important starting point for the development of sustainable animal husbandry. How to promote farm animal welfare work in the process of economic and social development? How to promote the sustainable development of the aquaculture industry and promote the transformation and upgrading of the aquaculture industry? At the meeting, the representatives of the participating parties signed the "World Farm Animal Welfare - Beijing Consensus". The Beijing Consensus proposed eight initiatives including “increasing consumer awareness” to better implement the concept of animal welfare and promote the development of animal welfare worldwide. Delegate of CBCGDF join the action to support the consensus as well.

The conference was filled wit 500 participants across the world. A total of 11 speakers were present on the morning of the 24th, and about half of them were officials from international organizations. According to follow-up media reports, the conference is by far the largest and most widely attended animal welfare conference in the world.

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