"There are big advantages to a high-rise building," Xu Jiajing, manager of Yangxiang's mountain-top farm, told Reuters. The Yangxiang hog hotel reduces the risk of disease by managing each floor separately, with staff working on the same floor every day. The success of high-rise pig farms in China could have implications across densely populated, land-scarce Asia, according to Reuters. Two other companies are building high-rise hog farms in Fujian as well, according to an equipment firm involved in the projects. "There will be many new, competing ideas (about how to raise pigs in China)," Xue said, including high-rise farms.