The fern pig is a rare breed of pig living on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and the prairie in the eastern mountainous area of Minxian County, and it is named after the fern it mainly feeds on. Because of its meat quality, high nutritional value of the unique advantages and more and more by the advocate of health and nutrition consumer favor. Fern pig is China's most primitive and the most unique kind of pig, belongs to the Tibetan Department of the smallest lean pig, because it grew in the plateau for thousands of years in the barbaric environment, so the population has not been outside the interference, the population is very scarce, in recent years the relevant departments of the state has realized that if not protected, this pig will be on the verge of extinction. In order to promote the grassland grazing fern pig as the center of the characteristics of the industry, Minxian County special in 2014 launched seven measures to catalyze its big leap, to achieve the East Mountain herdsmen get rich quickly. After the National Anti-Doping Research and Testing Center for many batches of testing, grassland grazing fern pig meat fully meets the requirements of the national sports preparation and protection, in 2014 Minxian county party committee, county government integrated planning, to the State General Administration of Sport Training Bureau sponsorship worth 500,000 yuan fern pig, and efforts to build the country's only State General Administration of Sport Training Bureau athlete preparation and protection of the exclusive base. 2006 according to In 2006, according to the "Chinese People's **** and State Bulletin", the fern pig was designated as "national livestock and poultry genetic protection varieties".