China continues to implement the high-quality milk project to promote the high-quality development of domestic dairy industry

　　Dairy is an important product to improve the quality of life of residents, and it is an indispensable industry to build a healthy China. In recent years, China has continuously implemented the high-quality milk project and continuously promoted the high-quality development of domestic dairy industry. At present, 71 dairy enterprises in 28 provinces have implemented high-quality milk projects. In 2023, the output of high-quality pasteurized milk accounted for 97% of the total pasteurized milk in China.

　　This is what the reporter learned from the analysis of the development situation of dairy industry held on March 30 and the work promotion meeting of the National Dairy Science and Technology Innovation Alliance in 2024.

　　The picture shows the dairy industry development situation analysis and the work promotion meeting of the National Dairy Science and Technology Innovation Alliance in 2024 held on March 30th. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xiaojie photo

　　Wei Lin, director of the Dairy Department of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that from 2019 to 2023, the average annual growth rate of dairy production in China reached 6.2%, and China’s dairy industry is constantly moving towards production standardization, supply diversification, product quality and industrial integration. In 2023, the scale rate of dairy farming in China is about 75%, the average annual yield of dairy cows reaches 9.4 tons, and the quality of raw milk remains at a high level. The monitoring results showed that in 2023, the average contents of milk fat and milk protein were 3.91% and 3.28%, respectively, and the main nutrition and hygiene reached the level of developed dairy industry.

　　It is reported that since the National Dairy Science and Technology Innovation Alliance was led by the dairy innovation team of Beijing Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2016, it has vigorously implemented high-quality milk projects. By 2023, 66 high-quality milk standards have been issued, and a standardized technical system for the whole industry chain of high-quality milk projects has been created.

　　At the meeting, the National Dairy Science and Technology Innovation Alliance signed a strategic cooperation agreement with relevant enterprises on "identification of characteristic components of saline-alkali milk" and "research and development of strontium-rich functional primary milk", which will further promote the research and development of specific quality of local fresh milk in China.

　　Experts attending the meeting pointed out that at present, China’s milk consumption is still at a low level and there is a large room for growth. It is necessary to further optimize the supply and demand structure of milk products, enhance the competitiveness of domestic dairy industry and cultivate milk consumption.

　　Zhang Mingfu, secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said that the next step will be to give full play to the advantages of science and technology platform and resources, support the National Dairy Science and Technology Innovation Alliance to take the high-quality milk project as the starting point, actively explore new modes of cooperation between science and enterprises, and make greater contributions to promoting the revitalization of the dairy industry. (Reporter Zhang Xiaojie, Yu Wenjing)