China Dairy D20 Enterprise Alliance Issues Dairy Industry Revitalization Declaration

Photo shows the top 20 domestic dairy enterprises jointly issuing the "Declaration on the Revitalization of China's Dairy Industry" on August 26. Photo by Wang Lipeng, Xinhua Net
On the 26th, the China Dairy Top 20 Summit and Dairy Industry Revitalization Conference was held in Shijiazhuang. At the conference, the top 20 domestic dairy enterprises, including Yili, Mengniu and Junlebao, jointly issued the "Declaration on the Revitalization of China's Dairy Industry." Representatives of the above enterprises said they are willing to join hands with peers across the country to jointly promote the comprehensive revitalization of China's dairy industry.
Xinhua Net Shijiazhuang, August 26 (Wei Huibo) - On the 26th, the China Dairy Top 20 Summit and Dairy Industry Revitalization Conference, themed “Advancing Supply-Side Structural Reform to Enhance the Competitiveness of China's Dairy Industry,” was held in Shijiazhuang.
At the conference, the top 20 domestic dairy enterprises, including Yili, Mengniu and Junlebao, jointly issued the "Declaration on the Revitalization of China's Dairy Industry." Representatives of the above enterprises said they are willing to join hands with peers across the country to jointly promote the comprehensive revitalization of China's dairy industry.
The following is the full text of the "Declaration on the Revitalization of China's Dairy Industry"
Milk is the food closest to perfection. A cup of milk makes a nation strong. Revitalizing the dairy industry is the duty and pursuit of all dairy industry people. Since the beginning of the new century, and especially since 2008, China's dairy industry people have learned from painful lessons, united as one, and worked hard to push the dairy industry toward rebirth and leapfrog development. Today, we - the top 20 enterprises of China's dairy industry - gather in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, to discuss the great plan for revitalizing the national dairy industry. Under the guidance of national industrial policy, we are willing to strive tirelessly and work hard to lead and drive the comprehensive revitalization of the national dairy industry. Hereby, the China Dairy D20 Enterprise Alliance solemnly promises to society:
1. Firmly grasp quality and boost confidence, and be a trustworthy industry. We insist on taking quality and safety as the life of the enterprise, strictly abide by laws and regulations, consciously accept industry supervision and management, practice internal strength, operate with integrity, strictly follow standards, optimize processes, ensure seamless connection and full-process control, and ensure consumer safety. We insist on putting consumers first, and on being conscientious enterprises and a trustworthy industry.
2. Optimize structure and strengthen brands, and be a high-quality industry. In line with the continuously upgrading needs of dairy consumption, we focus on improving product quality, optimizing product structure, and enriching product varieties to meet consumers' diverse, personalized and branded needs. We strengthen technological innovation, accelerate variety research and development, study formulas most suited to the needs of Chinese people, develop milk powder most conducive to the healthy growth of infants and young children, and build national brands with international competitiveness bigger and stronger.
3. Work together to seek development, and be a harmonious industry. We take stabilizing milk sources as our responsibility and build a fair and reasonable benefit distribution mechanism. We form a community of shared future with the vast number of dairy farmers, share pressure and share results, cooperate closely and develop together, work together to grow good grass, raise good cows and milk good milk, promote quality improvement and efficiency enhancement in dairy farming and cost reduction and income increase, and resolutely consolidate the foundation of industrial development.
4. Seek win-win cooperation and go global, and be an open industry. We actively implement the national “Belt and Road” strategic deployment, adhere to mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, make full use of both international and domestic markets and both types of resources, strengthen cooperation and exchanges in fields such as technology, standards, trade and investment, strengthen our internal capabilities and “go global,” continuously enhance comprehensive strength through competition, and continuously enhance international influence through openness.
When products are good, consumption flourishes; when enterprises are strong, the industry thrives. The revitalization of China's dairy industry has a heavy responsibility and a long road ahead. The China Dairy D20 Enterprise Alliance is willing to join hands with peers across the country, honor commitments and value action, win consumers, reputation and respect with good milk, good milk powder and good dairy products, jointly promote the comprehensive revitalization of China's dairy industry, and realize the historic transformation from a major dairy country to a strong dairy country.