Abstract: Although enormous changes has taken place in chicken processing industry within the past 20 years in China, there was still a large gap between China and developed countries. In this paper, current situation and international trade of chicken processing industry were reviewed. The tendency of chicken processing in China could be developed to R&D further-processing products, that is to say, to produce icy-fresh, ready-to-eat products and to update traditional processing with modern techniques.

Key words: chicken processing industry, current situation, developmental trend