“Farm Animal Welfare Requirements Cashmere Goat” is developed by a team of experts with Researcher Tian Kechuan, Chief scientist of National Cashmere Goat Industry Technology System, as the lead. Ever since the standard drafting started on July 18^th 2019, it had been revised for more than a dozen times, collecting advices from well-known organizations such as Cashmere and Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute, Sustainable Fibre Alliance, China Wool Textile Association, China Chamber of Commerce of I/E of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-products, and popular cashmere brands such as LORO PIANA S.p.A., Ordos, Consinee, Hebei Yuteng, Artwell.

(The data in the above figure includes standard drafting units and units from different countries that have provided support and assistance for standard setting work)

Major drafters of the standard: Tian Kechuan, Mao Yangyi, Ayongxi, Wang Le, Guo Tianlong, Liu Bin, Wang Peizhi, Zhang Yu, Tian Wenliang, Xing Weiting, Xue Jingli, Wang Zhen, Ma Jiangtao, Yu Yongkang, Xiao Zhihong, Li Shiqiang, Zhang Pei, Cai Meng.

Drafting organizations of the standard: International Cooperation Committee of Animal Welfare of China Association for the Promotion of International Agricultural Cooperation, China Animal-products Marketing Association, China Wool Textile Association, China Chamber of Commerce of I/E of Foodstuffs, Native Produce and Animal By-products, Institute of Animal Husbandry of Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Institute of Animal Husbandry Quality Standards of Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine of Shanxi Agricultural University (Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Institute of Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences), Inner Mongolia Academy of Agricultural & Animal Husbandry Sciences, Inner Mongolia Fiber Inspection Bureau, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Cashmere and Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute, Sustainable Fibre Alliance, Inner Mongolia Eerduosi Resources Co., Ltd., Consinee Group Co., Ltd., Hebei Yuteng Cashmere Products Co., Ltd., Artwell Holdings Limited Co., Ltd., Star Asia Textile Technology Company Ltd., China Union(Cashmere)International Group Limited., LORO PIANA S.p.A., Chifeng Dongrong Hanshan Cashmere Goat Breeding Research Institute and Ordos Rongdu Cashmere Industry Association.