BIZCHINA / Pan Gang
China aims to be global dairy power
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-20 14:26
China is striving to become a dairy production power in the world in 20
years through larger investment and technology upgrading.
Liu Yanhua, vice minister of Science and Technology, said here Friday,
"In the past five years, the country has invested 150 million yuan
(US$18.5 million) in developing key technologies in the dairy industry."
Zhang Yuan, professor at the China Agricultural University who
coordinates the national project, said the technological breakthroughs
include industrialization of cow embryonic transplants, standardized
breeding, cow disease surveillance systems and quality control systems
for dairy products.
The country's accumulated investment in key dairy research projects
totaled 700 million yuan, of which 150 million yuan came from the central
government, 120 million yuan from local governments and 440 million yuan
from dairy industry.
Thanks to technological upgrading, China's top four dairy producers
manufactured and sold products worth 5 billion yuan eachin 2004.
Well-known brands such as Yili, Mengniu and Sanyuan are well received by
domestic consumers. They have developed a number of hi-tech products such
as cancer-prophylactic milk and high-end infant formula milk powder.
(For more biz stories, please visit Industry Updates)
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