According to Baidu, colorful pheasants can be raised privately. Colorful pheasants belong to the second-class protected animals, and they need to apply for wild animal domestication and breeding licenses and product management and utilization licenses before they can be raised privately. It is illegal to raise without a license.

Colorful pheasant is commonly known as pheasant, also known as pheasant. Because of its gorgeous coat color, it is named Caipheasant. It is a precious game bird, which combines meat, ornamental and medicine, and is known as "the king of game" and "animal ginseng".