Changes of China's regulatory regime on commercial artificial breeding of terrestrial wildlife in time of COVID-19 outbreak and impacts on the future

• Published in: Biological conservation Vol. 250; p. 108756
• Main Author: You, Mingqing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2020
• Subjects: China; Commercial artificial breeding; Policy Analysis; Regulatory regime; Terrestrial wildlife; Terrestrial wildlife; Commercial artificial breeding; Regulatory regime; China
• ISSN: 0006-3207; 1873-2917; 0006-3207
• DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108756

The basic attitude of Chinese law towards wildlife resources is differentiated protection plus rational utilizations. Artificial breeding of terrestrial wildlife was a big business and a way to alleviate poverty, but also raised concerns over wildlife conservation and public health. China's complete ban on the consumption of terrestrial wildlife, whether wild-sourced or artificially bred, was a drastic change of China's legal regime on wildlife conservation and commercial artificial breeding. This change will have impacts on the drafting of a new Biosafety Law and the revision and enforcement of the Wildlife Protection Law, the Husbandry law, the Fisheries Law, and the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law. •The Chinese regulatory regime on commercial artificial breeding of terrestrial wildlife is reviewed.•The change of Chinese regulatory regime on wildlife conservation is assessed.•The change of Chinese regulatory regime on commercial artificial breeding is assessed.•The impacts on the drafting, revision, and enforcement of laws are discussed.