China News Client April 10 (Wu Tao) On the 10th, at a press conference held by the Joint Defense and Joint Control Mechanism of the State Council, Assistant Minister of Commerce Ren Hongbin said that in the past two years, domestic pork has been affected by the African swine fever epidemic. There is a gap between supply and demand. The Ministry of Commerce, together with relevant departments, actively promoted the diversification of import sources, and meat imports achieved a substantial increase. Last year, China's total meat imports reached 4.82 million tons, an increase of 58% year-on-year, of which pork imports were nearly 2 million tons, an increase of 67% year-on-year.