China has successfully bred a new beef cattle variant "Huaxi" and owns the independent intellectual property, which will likely strengthen competitiveness of China's beef industry and the nation's food security, Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday.

"Huaxi" was bred to adapt to different climate environment in China and produces 53.95 percent meat content per head of cattle, whose maximum weight can reach 900 kilograms for a male and over 550 kilograms for a female. The high production capacity of "Huaxi" will accelerate the sector's development and increase farmers' income, according to the report.

Officials from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences suggested that the beef cattle have a long and complex reproduction period which would likely be difficult for its breeding.

The research team responsible for "Huaxi" vowed to continue the selection breeding in order to lift the quality of China's beef cattle and raise the industry's international competitiveness.

Global Times