The development of my country's dairy industry has entered the fast lane 

Our reporter Yang Xiaojing

In the face of pressure from declining birth rate and increasing environmental protection requirements, the development trend of China's dairy industry is still improving and has entered the fast lane

At the opening ceremony of the second "Beijing Milk Culture Festival" with the theme of "To a Century, Smart Dairy Industry, and Aiming for the Future", experts and industry insiders from various fields of the industry conducted in-depth discussions on the development of China's dairy industry

The revenue of dairy enterprises above designated size exceeds 400 billion yuan

At the meeting, Li Qiang, Director of the Food Division of the Consumer Goods Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, China's dairy industry has achieved remarkable development results, the scale of the industry has continued to grow, and the degree of industrial concentration has been further improved

From the perspective of the proportion of domestic and foreign brands, in 2020, the proportion of domestic infant formula powder will be 54%, the proportion of foreign brands will drop to more than 30%, and the rest are cross-border e-commerce brands, etc.

In terms of farming, China has achieved intelligence

Taking Beijing as an example, at the end of 2020, there were 50 dairy farms in Beijing, with 58,000 dairy cows and 31,400 adult cows.

There are still structural problems in the development of the industry

At the same time, China's dairy industry still faces many development problems

In this regard, Li Qiang also said, "The development of China's dairy industry is still facing some deep-seated problems

To this end, Li Qiang called for the entire industry to form a consensus as soon as possible and increase investment in the construction of milk sources

Exploring the road of innovation in China's milk powder

The seventh census data shows that the dividend effect of the population has weakened significantly

　　In addition, the national carbon peaking and carbon neutrality targets have had a certain impact on the dairy industry

　　At the same time, with the improvement of people's lives, the share of high-quality milk powder is getting higher and higher, and the intensity of formula research and development needs to be increased

　　For the future, experts all said that the dairy industry should base itself on its own advantages, publicize the development achievements of China's dairy products, and increase the market share of domestic dairy products

　　"Give consumers more reasons to drink milk and more opportunities to drink milk, so that everyone can see the results and benefits of drinking milk with scientific evidence and facts, and drink more milk

"China Food News" (Version 04, June 1, 2021)

(Editor-in-charge: Yang Xiaojing)