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The article focuses on an increase in the cases of African swine fever in China; and also mentions that central government has issued new guidelines for modernizing pig farming facilities, improving pig shipment practices; and bolstering animal disease prevention and control.

The article reports that diagnostic reagents are being developed by the Chinese government to tests A/H1N1flu virus in pigs. It states that China's Ministry of Agriculture organizes a group of medical experts to develop diagnostic reagents soon after the outbreak of the pandemic which is according to the ministry will serve as a reference in the development of vaccines for humans. It also states the appeal of the ministry on local branches to prepare emergency materials against the influenza.