Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy | Universités chinoises

Located in Zhengzhou, the provincial capital of Henan Province, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy was founded in 2013 through the merger of Zhengzhou College of Animal Husbandry Engineering (established in 1957) and Henan College of Commerce (established in 1960). It is a provincial public full-time ordinary undergraduate university approved by the Ministry of Education and sponsored by the People’s Government of Henan Province.

Covering a total area of more than 2,000 mu, the university comprises three campuses — Longzihu, Yingcai and Beilin — and three science and education bases, with a total construction area of 994,100 square meters. The total value of teaching and research instruments and equipment stands at 287 million yuan, and the library houses 3.069 million printed books. The university has built 506 laboratories and training venues, including 28 provincial-level R&D platforms, one Henan Demonstration Base for College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practice, one Henan Big Data Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base, and 398 off-campus training bases.

The university has a faculty of over 1,900 members, including 118 professors and 442 associate professors; 1,596 teachers hold master’s or higher degrees (among whom 510 are PhD holders), and 786 are dual-qualified teachers. The faculty boasts 7 experts enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, 1 national candidate for the National Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talents Project, 2 national distinguished teachers, 3 national outstanding teachers, 1 national outstanding science and technology worker, 2 recipients of the National May 1st Labor Medal, 3 members of university teaching guidance committees under the Ministry of Education, 2 experts enjoying special government allowances of Henan Province, 1 Central Plains Scholar, 6 provincial outstanding experts, 2 Central Plains Distinguished Teachers, 2 Central Plains Leading Skilled Talents, 11 provincial distinguished teachers, 1 provincial-administered outstanding expert, 13 provincial outstanding teachers, 14 provincial academic and technical leaders, and 65 prefectural-level academic and technical leaders. There are 2 national-level teaching teams, 8 provincial-level teaching teams and 14 provincial-level grassroots teaching organizations.

The university consists of 23 secondary teaching units offering 57 undergraduate programs. Aligned with the animal husbandry, industry and commerce industrial chain, it has formed an interdisciplinary academic and program system centered on four major program clusters: animal production, food engineering, information technology and economics & management, featuring integrated development of animal husbandry, industry and commerce with interdisciplinary innovation. It owns 1 national-level first-class undergraduate program development site (Animal Science), 11 provincial-level first-class undergraduate program development sites including Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering, and Financial Management, as well as 4 provincial comprehensive reform pilot programs. Agriculture, Finance and Veterinary Medicine are key disciplines of Henan Province. The university has successfully developed the new breed “Huanghuai Mutton Sheep”, filling the gap in mutton sheep breeding in Henan Province.

The university continues to deepen education and teaching reform and innovate talent training models. It has developed distinctive training models including “dual-subject integrated management”, “four-stage dual-cycle mechanism” and “five-stakeholder collaborative school-enterprise cooperation”. It has won 24 provincial teaching achievement awards, built 1 provincial demonstration center for curriculum ideological and political education, 2 provincial teaching teams for curriculum ideological and political education, and 9 provincial model and demonstration courses for curriculum ideological and political education. It has constructed 2 national first-class undergraduate courses, 33 provincial first-class undergraduate courses, 21 national and provincial planning textbooks, 14 provincial excellent grassroots teaching organizations, 1 provincial virtual simulation center, 3 provincial virtual simulation experimental teaching curriculum groups, 18 provincial virtual simulation experimental teaching projects, 2 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers and 14 provincial off-campus practical education bases.

To support its integrated academic system of animal husbandry, industry and commerce and talent cultivation, the university has established 67 scientific research platforms at all levels such as Henan Key Laboratory for Healthy Breeding and Efficient Reproduction of Livestock and Poultry, 8 provincial innovative science and technology teams and 49 university-level research and innovation teams. Up to now, the university has obtained 45 National Natural Science Foundation projects, 6 sub-projects of the National Key R&D Program, 4 major special projects of Henan Province, 12 key R&D special projects of Henan Province, 904 provincial and ministerial research projects and 328 horizontal projects. Faculty have received 44 provincial and ministerial-level scientific research awards, obtained 214 national invention patents, and published more than 14,000 academic papers. The university serves as the standing council unit of the National Animal Husbandry Science and Technology Innovation Alliance, vice chairman unit of Henan Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Society, vice chairman unit of Henan International E-commerce Association, and chairman unit of Cold Chain Logistics Branch of Henan Refrigeration Society. It runs a postdoctoral workstation and has been approved as a demonstration incubation unit for technology transfer and an authorized institution for technology contract registration in Henan Province.

Leveraging its disciplinary strengths and responding to the demands of industries and enterprises, the university follows the working guideline of “establishing mechanisms, creating models, pursuing tangible results and building brands”. Adhering to the philosophy of seeking cooperation through service, seeking support through service and pursuing development through contribution, it has built a new “311” social service system. By integrating five major resources — talents, scientific research, technologies, think tanks and culture — the university has set up integrated animal husbandry-industry-commerce service teams with dual team leaders and carried out the program of “Hundreds of Experts Assisting Hundreds of Villages and Enterprises”. It has established three integration models: university-local integration featuring “university + platform + government”, industry-education integration linked by industrial alliances (colleges), and university-enterprise cooperation carried out via specific projects, so as to advance in-depth integration of disciplines, education and industry in an all-round way. The university strengthens coordinated linkage among governments, enterprises and universities. It cooperates with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Henan Province, local governments and leading enterprises to build research institutes and rural revitalization service platforms, conducting applied research targeting key industrial challenges. Partnering with leading enterprises including Huawei, Muyuan and Shuanghui, the university co-establishes modern industrial colleges and characteristic industry colleges. Through team co-construction, resource sharing, joint talent cultivation and coordinated development, it realizes two-way empowerment: supporting enterprises, revitalizing villages and strengthening industries, as well as improving teaching, boosting research and promoting employment, thus facilitating high-quality development of education and regional economy.

Committed to the strategy of “bringing in” and “going global”, the university actively expands channels for external exchanges and advances international cooperation. It maintains close ties with more than 50 universities and research institutes in 27 countries and regions including Ireland, Australia, the Netherlands and Canada. It runs 1 undergraduate Sino-foreign cooperative education institution, 1 undergraduate Sino-foreign cooperative education program, 2 undergraduate Sino-foreign curriculum cooperation programs and 5 junior-college Sino-foreign cooperative education programs. The university provides abundant platforms to support overseas exchange and study for faculty and students. It actively carries out joint international academic research and hosts several platforms: the Ireland Research Center (a country and regional research center filed with the Ministry of Education), the “Feed Resource Innovation and Utilization Studio” under Henan International Talent Cooperation Program, two international joint laboratories — Henan International Joint Laboratory for Ruminant Nutrition and Feed Resource Development and Henan International Joint Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Animal Intestinal Diseases. The university is a construction unit of internationalized characteristic universities in Henan Province and an outstanding collective for foreign education affairs in Henan Province.

The university always fulfills the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education. Upholding the school motto Uphold Rigor, Pursue Truth; Acquire Knowledge, Act Diligently, it adheres to the overall school-running orientation of being “regional, industrial, open and application-oriented”. It promotes the upgrading of agricultural disciplines, strengthens the industrial chain of engineering disciplines and highlights practical features of business disciplines. Rooted in Henan and oriented toward industries, it provides strong talent support and intellectual resources for local economic development as well as the growth of modern animal husbandry, food processing industry, commercial and logistics industry.The university successfully passed the Undergraduate Teaching Qualification Evaluation organized by the Ministry of Education in 2021, was approved as a construction unit for master’s degree authorization in Henan Province in 2024, and obtained approval to build a Henan postdoctoral innovation practice base in 2025. It has won numerous honors, including “Henan Demonstrative Application-oriented Undergraduate University”, “Top 20 Leading Universities with Comprehensive Strength in Henan”, “Henan University with Domestic Influence in the 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening-up”, “Henan Model University for Law-based Governance”, “Henan Demonstrative University for Curriculum Ideological and Political Education in Undergraduate Institutions”, “Henan Pilot University for Comprehensive Reform of Three-dimensional Education”, “Henan Model Civilized Campus”, “Advanced Unit for University Publicity in Henan”, “Henan Model University of Higher Education”, “National Demonstrative University for High-quality Employment”, “Henan First Batch Demonstrative University for Entrepreneurship Education”, “Henan Most Competitive University in Employment”, “Henan Best Demonstrative University for Higher Education Employment Quality”, “Advanced Unit for Employment and Entrepreneurship of Graduates from General Colleges and Technical Schools in Henan”, “One of the Top Ten Most Influential Education Brands in Henan”, “Henan Sanitary Advanced Unit”, “Henan Safe Campus”, and “Advanced Collective for Internal Audit in Henan”. It has earned a sound social reputation.

Carrying forward its legacy, the university remains committed to its original aspiration of serving the Central Plains and revitalizing animal husbandry and commerce. Marching forward, it embarks on a new journey of high-quality development with distinctive characteristics. In the new era, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy will continue to uphold Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, adhere to the socialist orientation of running universities, fulfill the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, and strive to build a high-level application-oriented university with distinctive features, renowned nationwide and leading in Henan Province. The university will further play its role in supporting and guiding regional economic, social and cultural development, make greater contributions to writing a new chapter of advancing Chinese modernization in the Central Plains, embarking on a new journey to build a modern socialist country in all respects, and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.