WANPY® (Yantai China Pet Foods, SZSE: 002891) has become the first Chinese pet food brand to receive the World Pet Association (WPA) International Excellence Award, presented at SUPERZOO 2026 in Las Vegas on August 14, 2026. The honor marks a watershed moment for the global ambitions of Chinese pet food manufacturers and validates WANPY’s 28-country, 77-market infrastructure as a replicable model for industry peers.
Founded in 1998 and operating under the publicly listed Yantai China Pet Foods Co., Ltd., WANPY® brings 29 years of global industry experience to pet families across 77 countries and regions. The company leads all Chinese pet food brands in export volume globally and operates 28 modern production hubs across China, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Mexico, supported by a full-chain quality assurance system spanning R&D, manufacturing, third-party testing, and traceability.
To deliver consistent quality across varying global regulatory frameworks, WANPY® partnered with SGS, a leading global testing, inspection, and certification company, to establish the first globally aligned unified quality standard in China’s pet food industry. The standard integrates requirements from four major regulatory frameworks — China, the European Union, the United States, and Japan — covering 171 key indicators spanning ingredient safety, production processes, quality control, and testing protocols. Following on-site audits and product sampling, WANPY’s entire XIAOJINDUN product line received an “Excellent” rating.
Commenting on the award, Chenlong Hao, Director and Vice President of Yantai China Pet Foods and CEO of WANPY®, said: “Through our global R&D and innovation service center, WANPY® has built a collaborative R&D network that draws on research resources from China, the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. To date, we have secured 399 national patents. Earlier this year, scientific findings related to our XIAOJINDUN line were published in a peer-reviewed top international SCI-indexed journal, a milestone that signals WANPY®’s R&D is now part of the open, peer-reviewed scientific conversation.”
In addition to the WPA award, WANPY® earned a 2026 Pet Innovation Award, marking another industry first for a Chinese pet food brand. Together, these honors affirm WANPY®’s ability to compete with the world’s leading names in the industry and earn recognition from respected international industry organizations. Beyond the brand-level milestone, the recognition reflects a broader shift taking place across China’s pet food industry — a value-chain upgrade in which enterprises now prioritize science-driven R&D and proprietary standard formulation as core competitive edges.
