Similar policies have also been widely criticized in our country. The status of dogs as pets is considered to have been elevated to an abnormal level, and the reason for implementing this policy is only to "Fasting cats and dogs is a common practice in many developed countries". This has actually intensified the public's aversion to the West, because the cultural traditions and dietary habits of Chinese people cannot be defined by the West.
Who exactly defines "civilization"? Is the formulation of laws only to consider international feelings?
Similar situations have been recurring throughout history. Especially Japan and South Korea, two countries deeply controlled by the United States. I have read some about the dietary history of these two countries. The dumping of agricultural products in the United States combined with political coercion, ultimately leading to a change in the dietary structure of the people in these two countries (from rice to wheat).
The most terrifying invasion is not using violence to invade and coerce, but to lure you into obeying their demands.
The issue (at least for China) is that as very few are interested in trying dog meat, let alone have it as a staple in their diet, there are less and less farmers who can deliver it at market demanded standards. Similar to the west, where the consumption of opossum and other rodent types were once widespread, but fell off sharply, or the southern European countries which had some types of mouldy cheese, where the quality cannot be guaranteed anymore either.
The standards are meant to be enforced equally and fairly, to make sure food is healthy and long term safe for the consumers. It would be hypocritical to ban consumption of unsafe American meat and dairy while allowing unsafe products to remain on sale just because they're domestic Chinese. That's not the point of the standards.
Either dog meat must undergo rabbitization, becoming more widespread among the public to justify profitable, high quality farming, or it will go the way of rattlesnakes and opposums and disappear as a historical curiosity and something for extreme cooking.
The way society looks currently, the latter is much more likely. Some things just follow the tides and trends of the times. Many types of food have been failed out due to unpopularity, I don't see it as concerning at all, rather it's natural.