On November 27, Sichuan Province held a collective commencement ceremony for major projects in the fourth quarter of 2020. As one of the major projects in the province at the Meishan branch venue, Sino-German JV - Tönnies · Dekon (Meishan) High-end Meat Products Processing Project officially commenced.

Mu Xinhai, Secretary of the Meishan Municipal Party Committee, connected with the main venue of Sichuan Province to report on the situations of the collectively commenced projects in Meishan City. Wolfgang Rudischhauser, the German Consul General in Chengdu and Wang Degen, Founder of the Dekon Group, respectively delivered a speech on site, and Clemens Tönnies, Chairman of Tönnies Group, delivered a speech through video.

Hu Yuankun, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Meishan City, presided over the groundbreaking ceremony. City leaders Liu Shiqing, Wu Xiaoke, Huang Jiandong, Wang Shuhuai, Liu Xianwei, and Wang Shulin attended the groundbreaking ceremony.

The construction of the Tönnies · DeKon (Meishan) 2-million-head-pig high-end meat products processing project is constructed by DeKon Group in collaboration with Tönnies Group, the largest comprehensive meat food enterprise in Germany, in accordance with the concept of "EU standards and local characteristics".

It is understood that after the project is completed, it can achieve an annual output value of over RMB 10 billion and provide employment opportunities for over 4,000 people. The successful implementation of this project will not only provide high-quality, traceable and safe meat products that meet EU standards for the whole country, but also help promote the rapid development of the pig industry and food precision processing industry in Sichuan Province. It will open up a new situation for the development of efficient modern agricultural industry and high-end food industry in Sichuan and Meishan. It will contribute to polishing the "Sichuan Pig Golden Brand", creating the "Sichuan Brand" agricultural products, creating a high-quality development model for modern agriculture and food industry, realizing the "10+1" strategic industrial cluster plan in Sichuan Province, and cultivating industrial clusters with global competitiveness.

The main responsible persons from municipal departments of Meishan City, main responsible persons from the party Committees of Pengshan District, Hongya County, and Danling County, relevant county-level leaders of Renshou County, main responsible persons of towns, townships (sub-districts), departments, and parks, and representatives of construction units attended the groundbreaking ceremony.