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Li Hongtao and Inner Mongolia's First Huaxi Cattle Core Breeding Farm

As general manager of Inner Mongolia's first Huaxi cattle core breeding farm, Li Hongtao works inside a national breeding program decades in the making.

Who Is Li Hongtao?

Li Hongtao (李宏韬) is general manager of Inner Mongolia Seyelqin Livestock Technology Service Co., Ltd., a company that Chinese news coverage describes as Inner Mongolia's first Huaxi cattle core breeding farm. He appears in a September 2026 report on the Guangming Online mobile site, the report on Huaxi cattle breeding, and in a separate column on the same subject. The sources say little about him personally, and this profile therefore sticks to his professional role and the breeding system around it.

What Are Huaxi Cattle?

Huaxi cattle are a Chinese beef breed bred by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. According to the People's App column on Huaxi cattle, breeding began in 1978 in Ulagai, Inner Mongolia, and the core herd was set up there in 2003. National approval as a new variety came in December 2021, after 43 years of breeding. That long timeline is a reminder that building a breed is slow work, measured in decades.

The Joint Breeding Alliance

A national joint-breeding alliance was launched in 2017 and now includes more than 40 breeding companies. Beijing Lianyu Beef Cattle Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2019 to run it. Under unified registration, each animal gets a pedigree certificate, which supports planned mating and helps avoid close inbreeding.

The reported breeding population covers 14 major provinces and totals about 31,600 head. The column says Huaxi cattle can earn more than 1,000 yuan per head over crossbred cattle, which is the commercial case for the program.

Li's Role at the Core Farm

Li says the company's Huaxi herd has become much more uniform in recent years, thanks to the coordinated breeding system that Chinese reports call a single chessboard. The same report links the system to the alliance of more than 40 breeding companies formed in 2017, so Li's farm is one participant in a coordinated national effort, as his comments in the Guangming Online article indicate.

The articles do not give a herd size for his farm, a founding date, awards, or his personal background, so none of those are stated here.

The Key to Li's Success

The documented record is about working inside a system. Li's farm is described as a core breeding farm inside a national program, and his own comments focus on what that program has done for herd uniformity.

The limits are plain: the sources give no detail on his own business results, so lessons here come from the program he works within.

  • His company holds the status of Inner Mongolia's first Huaxi cattle core breeding farm.
  • It participates in the joint, unified breeding system instead of breeding in isolation.
  • Each animal is registered with a pedigree certificate, supporting planned mating.
  • Li credits that system for a marked rise in herd uniformity in recent years.
  • The program as a whole rests on more than four decades of breeding work.

Learn More

For more profiles of cattle breeders and breeding programs around the world, see the ranching section of farm.FM, or read a farm.FM story about Chinese beef cattle breeding. Because documented material about Li himself is limited, this entry is marked as thin.

Timeline

  1. 1978Huaxi cattle breeding begins in Ulagai, Inner Mongolia
  2. 2003The Huaxi core herd is set up in Ulagai
  3. 2017National joint-breeding alliance for Huaxi cattle launched
  4. 2019Beijing Lianyu Beef Cattle Technology Co., Ltd. established to run the alliance
  5. 2021Huaxi cattle approved as a new national variety in December
  6. 2026Li Hongtao quoted on herd uniformity in a Guangming Online report

Frequently asked questions

Who is Li Hongtao?

Li Hongtao (李宏韬) is general manager of Inner Mongolia Seyelqin Livestock Technology Service Co., Ltd., described as Inner Mongolia's first Huaxi cattle core breeding farm.

What are Huaxi cattle?

Huaxi cattle are a Chinese beef breed developed by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, with breeding that began in 1978 and national new-variety approval in December 2021.

What is the Huaxi cattle joint breeding alliance?

A national alliance formed in 2017 that now includes more than 40 breeding companies and uses unified registration and planned mating across about 31,600 head in 14 provinces.

What is a core breeding farm?

In the Huaxi program, a core breeding farm is a top-tier herd operating under the unified breeding system, with registered pedigrees supporting planned mating.

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