Qin Yinglin

Qin Yinglin — founder profiled in the Chinese Founder Ledger — is documented as follows: founded Muyuan Foods and built it into the world's largest pig-farming and breeding operation, stepping down from all executive and board roles on June 3, 2026 to become Lifetime Honorary Chairman and head of the company's research institute, in a formally completed leadership transition. The profile is grounded in the 1 sources indexed for this founder.

Qin Yinglin has long been dedicated to the core business of pig farming, developing 20 major technologies spanning breeding, feed, health, and husbandry, and led Muyuan to become a fully integrated modern agribusiness spanning feed processing, swine breeding, and pig farming.

Qin Yinglin's role is documented as: founder of Muyuan Foods; resigned as Director, Chairman of the Board, member of the Strategy Committee and Sustainability Committee, and President on June 3, 2026; subsequently appointed Lifetime Honorary Chairman and Dean of the Muyuan Pig Farming Research Institute, with Cao Zhinian elected as the new Chairman Confirmed resigned from chairman/director/president roles as of June 3, 2026, with the transition to Cao Zhinian as new chairman completed, per Muyuan's own announcement as reported by Futunn/Zhitong Finance (research date: 2026-08-23).

Under Qin's leadership, Muyuan's revenue grew from RMB 78.89 billion in 2021 to RMB 144.15 billion in 2025, annual pig sales volume grew from 40.26 million head in 2021 to 77.98 million head in 2025, and the company became the global number-one in pig farming and breeding, with its feed and slaughtering operations ranking among the top three worldwide.

On June 3, 2026, Qin resigned from all his executive and board titles (director, chairman, Strategy Committee member, Sustainability Committee member, and president), a transition the company described as 'successfully completed,' with the board proposing him as Lifetime Honorary Chairman and Dean of the Muyuan Pig Farming Research Institute, while Cao Zhinian was elected the new chairman and Gao Tong was appointed president and CFO.

Qin Muyuan, understood from the source's phrasing to be related to Qin Yinglin, was proposed for election as a non-independent (executive) director alongside new president Gao Tong, suggesting continued family involvement on the board even as Qin Yinglin stepped back from executive control.