Lately, the 2022 Chinese Government Friendship Award announced. Adisseo’s CEO Jean-Marc Dublanc was awarded for his proactive engagement in the development of China’s animal nutrition industry and his contributions to ensuring China’s food security. He has been Bluestar’s fourth foreign executive receiving this honor since 2014.

The Friendship Award is the highest national award set up by the Chinese government to commend foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to China’s modernization drive as well as reform and opening up. This award was officially set up by China’s State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs in 1991 under the authorization of the State Council, and the award ceremony is held on the eve of the National Day every year, and commending 50 winners each year.

Jean-Marc Dublanc is a senior expert in the global animal nutrition field for more than 30 years. He joined Adisseo in October 2006 and has been working as the CEO of Adisseo since July 2010. During this period, the company’s sales increased by 2 times, profit up by 5 times, and the company’s value soared by 9 times. Over the years, Jean-Marc Dublanc has been proactively involved in the development of China’s animal nutrition industry, to achieve decrement and synergism of the feed grains through technological innovation and empowerment, and cut down greenhouse gas emissions of animal husbandry, so as to safeguard China’s food security as well as green and low-carbon development of the agriculture industry.