In this series of TV news reports aired over China Central Television (CCTV) 9 in 2007, Chief News Editor Zhu Yan and his team looks into the steps China has taken in coping with avian flu, including its calls for joint ways of control in the region, as well as how some of its nearby neighbours are addressing the problem.

The reports also look into how China, the world’s largest poultry and egg producer, has been facing increasing pressure to improve the biosafety standards of its poultry industry. But critics question the feasibility of implementing these standards, because backyard and small-scale farming still dominate the poultry industry.

The CCTV team travelled from Beijing to various farms in China and Thailand to do these reports.