Han Jun, vice minister of the Development Research Center of the State Council, welcomed former US Defense Secretary William Cohen and Sandra Beaty, executive vice-president of corporate affairs at Pfizer Animal Health, a leading global supplier for animal health care products, on September 12, 2012.

They communicated with each other on a variety of subjects, including the breeding and circulation of pigs, as well as the current development of China's animal health care industry.

He Yupeng, research fellow of the DRC's Research Department of Rural Economy, and Zhang Hongfei, official of the center's International Cooperation Department, attended the meeting.