Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Center became a new member of "Agricultural Zhongguancun"

A few days ago, the 9th anniversary annual meeting of the Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Center was held
online.
He Weimin, Ambassador of the Netherlands to China, Wei Lin, Director of the Dairy Division of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Li Defa, Chairman of Beijing Jingwa Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Center and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Liu Yaqing, Vice President and Secretary-General of China Dairy Association, Liu Meiju, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of China Dairy Industry Association, Chen Ge, President of Royal FrieslandCampina China, and other guests attended and delivered speeches, witnessing the upgrading of China-Netherlands Dairy Development Center to China International Dairy Development Center and becoming Beijing Jingwa Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Center (hereinafter referred to as " Kinwa Center"
.

"Over the past few years, the Dutch government, with the help of the exclusive platform of the Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Centre, has fully supported the Chinese dairy industry to improve milk production, safety and quality, and this bilateral cooperation has also benefited both countries
," said Ho.
As major consumers and exporters of dairy products, the two sides will enhance cooperation, complement each other for mutual benefit and jointly meet future challenges
.
”

The Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Center was established in 2013 by China Agricultural University, Wageningen University in the Netherlands and Royal FrieslandCampina.

Professor Konkais of Wageningen University in the Netherlands said that the original intention of the establishment of the Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Center is how to let academia, enterprises and the government work together to promote the sustainable development of
the industry.
The center has done a lot of work in talent training, scientific research exchanges, project development and other aspects
.
In terms of academic research projects, a number of topics
such as changes in consumption behavior and the impact of the quality of different feed ingredients on the quality of dairy cows have been carried out.
One of the important points is that the above is carried out
in combination with the actual situation of China's dairy industry.

Li Shengli, director of the Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Center, professor of China Agricultural University and chief scientist of the national dairy industry technology system, pointed out that the management concept of China's dairy industry has also changed, and large-scale dairy farms have reached a world-class level
in terms of mechanization rate, mechanical milking rate, and even intelligent equipment and digital management.
At a moderate scale, it has increased from 44.
1% in 2013 to 70%
today.
Scientific and technological progress, changes in feeding patterns and breeding progress have jointly promoted the increase of dairy cow yield from 5.
5 tons in 2013 to 8.
7 tons now, which has entered the level of
advanced countries in the world.
The quality of milk has been greatly improved, and the key quality indicators and safety indicators have reached or even exceeded the EU level
.

Liu Yaqing said that the Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Center has actively promoted the construction of the quality and safety system of the whole industry chain of China's dairy industry, fully learned from the classic model of the Dutch dairy industry, systematically improved the quality of the industry, solidly promoted the development of green ecology, and continuously enhanced the resilience and competitiveness
of the development of the industry.

Li Defa emphasized that the Jingwa Center is defined as the engine of the construction of "agricultural Zhongguancun", shouldering the important task
of delivering agricultural scientific and technological achievements to the whole country and leading China's agriculture to modernization.
In 2022, the Center established the China International Dairy Development Center (CIDDC) to undertake the international cooperation and development of the dairy industry
.

China Food News(December 27, 2022, Version 04)

(Responsible editor: Gao Na)