INNER MONGOLIA

Government head under probe

Wang Lixia, chairwoman of the Inner Mongolia autonomous regional government, is under investigation for suspected serious violations of Party discipline and national laws, the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision said on Friday, without elaborating further. Publicly available information shows that Wang, 61, a native of Liaoning province, started her career in September 1985 and joined the Party in December 1992. Before she was transferred to Inner Mongolia to work in October 2016, she had served at various positions in Shaanxi province, including head of the Shaanxi statistics department, mayor of Tongchuan and vice-governor of Shaanxi. She became the deputy Party secretary of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region and chairwoman of the regional government in 2021.

BEIJING

Special broiler chickens exported to Saudi Arabia

China recently shipped its first batch of Guangming 2 white-feather broiler chickens to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marking a new step in the expansion of independently bred and high-quality poultry genetics to the Middle East market. Developed by the Institute of Animal Science of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, together with domestic agricultural enterprises, Guangming 2 is one of China's first nationally approved white-feather broiler breeds, with production performance rivaling leading international breeds, according to the CAAS. The variety incorporates advanced technologies such as the Jingxin 1 breeding chip for genomic selection and intelligent phenotyping, doubling the speed of genetic progress. It also has a 35.2 percent lower incidence of muscle abnormalities compared to international lines. The exports point to growing agricultural cooperation between the two countries, apart from existing collaboration in breeding technologies and demonstration farms. Before entering the Saudi market, Guangming 2 had already been exported to other countries, including Pakistan and Tajikistan.