From July 5 to 6, 2023, the Open Innovation Forum was held on the campus of Wageningen University and Research (WUR), one of the world’s top higher education institutions focusing on agricultural studies in the Netherlands. Organized by the Open Innovation (OI) Forum at the......
11 July, 2023
The 16th Global Dairy Congress was held in London, UK on June 21-22. Widely considered a “weathervane” of industrial innovation, the World Dairy Innovation Awards announced its 2023 winners during the Congress. Thanks to its comprehensive and balanced strengths in innovation, Yili won two Innovation......
23 June, 2023
From June 21 to 22, the 16th Global Dairy Congress, themed “Reimagining Dairy,” took place as a platform for exchanging views on the high-quality development of the dairy industry. Participants included representatives from dairy producers, scholars, experts, and delegates from industrial organizations worldwide, including Dr.......
22 June, 2023
On May 23, Yili’s subsidiary Westland Milk Products held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of its NZD 70 million (USD 42.58 million) lactoferrin plant at Hokitika, New Zealand. The ceremony was attended by New Zealand’s Trade, Export and Agriculture Minister and MP for West-Coast......
23 May, 2023
On May 22, which celebrates the International Day for Biological Diversity, Asian dairy giant Yili Group held its “ESG and Social Value Forum” and officially released three new ESG reports: the 2022 Sustainability Report, the 2022 Annual Report on Biodiversity Conservation, and the Net-Zero Carbon......
22 May, 2023
At the World Quality Selections held in Brussels, Belgium, winners of the Monde Selection 2023 Quality Awards were announced. Yili was awarded five prizes, including a gold, three silver, and one bronze, for its flagship products: INIKIN Volcanic Mineral Water, Yili Organic Camel Milk Powder,......
24 April, 2023
The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) recently approved the Low Water Footprint Initiative (LWFi) proposed by Yili Group. The leading dairy producer has also become China’s first company to join the UN Water Action Agenda. The UN 2023 Water Conference – the......
18 April, 2023
2023 marks the halfway point on the world’s journey towards achieving the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). On February 23, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) held the closing ceremony for the Climate Ambition Accelerator (CAA) Programme and the Target Gender Equality (TGE)......
08 March, 2023
February 2023 • published by DAIRY INDUSTRIES international • dairyindustries.com Yili Group is innovating in Asia with new products such as drinkable cheeses and cheese lollipops, according to Hittjo Homan. Next stop: Europe Designing new products for the local markets is a focus for many......
23 February, 2023
Nowadays, health awareness is growing across the world. As a crucial indicator of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all is also an essential goal for dairy producers. On January 3, Yili launched a new platform themed “Online......
11 January, 2023
MONTREAL, Dec. 20, 2022 Our earth is currently experiencing the triple and concurrent planetary crises of biodiversity loss, climate change and environmental pollution. Their severity is such that nothing less than immediate from the global community will suffice. Given these urgent circumstances, the 15th Conference......
20 December, 2022
Dr. Gerrit Smit, Managing Director of the Yili Innovation Center Europe explains how Inikin became an award-winning mineral water brand and was created to uphold Yili’s ‘best quality’ principles and environmental commitments. Congratulations on winning the Best Packaging/Label Design at Zenith Global’s annual Global Water......
19 November, 2022
The 2022 G20 Summit is being held in Bali, Indonesia, on November 15 and 16, with the theme “Recover Together, Recover Stronger”. Yili Group has been named the G20 Summit’s dairy partner. Joyday ice cream, produced by PT Yili Indonesia Dairy, will be offered in......
18 November, 2022
On September 12, the IDF World Dairy Summit 2022 was convened in New Delhi, India. Zhang Jianqiu, CEO of Yili Group, delivered a virtual speech at the World Dairy Leaders’ Forum and attended the “Dairy in the Next 25 Years” panel discussion. Representing the industry’s......
12 September, 2022
On August 17, Rabobank published its 2022 Global Dairy Top 20 Report, which showed that Yili Group remains among the global top five with turnover[1] of USD 18.2 billion, firmly holding onto its top leadership position in Asia for the ninth consecutive year. Yili also......
17 August, 2022
On July 12, the launch ceremony of the Global Smart Manufacturing Industrial Park of Yili Future Intelligence and Health Valley was held in Hohhot, China. Four major projects, including a liquid milk production base, a milk powder production base, the Chilechuan Ecological Intelligent Pasture and......
12 July, 2022
Laval, France: Global dairy giant Yili has scooped the innovation category at the 15th Global Dairy Congress in Laval, France. Yili, which operates two dairy companies in New Zealand, and its subsidiary Ausnutria topped the tally for most awards at the World Dairy Innovation Awards......
16 June, 2022
On April 8, Yili took the lead in China’s food industry to launch its Plan For a Net Zero Carbon Future and Roadmap to a Net Zero Carbon Future. Pan Gang, Chairman and President of Yili Group, said that Yili peaked carbon emissions in 2012......
08 April, 2022
On October 27th, 2021, Yili Innovation Center won the first prize in the poster competition of the 9th Microbiome R&D and business collaboration forum Europe taking place in Rotterdam. The award-winning research of Yili’s probiotics research center revealed the beneficial health effects of their newly......
28 October, 2021
On October 28, 2021, Yili Group released its financial results for the first three quarters of 2021. During the period, Yili achieved a total operating revenue of RMB 85.007 billion and a net profit of RMB 7.967 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 15.23% and......
28 October, 2021
On October 27, 2021, Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., Ltd. ( “Yili Group” or “Yili”), the largest and most valuable dairy producer in Asia, announced that it took a stake in goat milk formula giant Ausnutria Dairy Co. Ltd. ( “Ausnutria Dairy” or “Ausnutria”)......
27 October, 2021
On October 14, the Ecological Civilization Forum under the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) kicked off in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. As a representative of business enterprises, Yili was invited to the sub-forum of“Ecological Civilization and Biodiversity......
14 October, 2021
On August 25th, 2021, Rabobank of the Netherlands released its annual Global Dairy Top 20 Report. Yili Group retained the fifth spot following the previous year and remains leader of Asia for the eighth consecutive year as the only Asian dairy company among the Top......
26 August, 2021
Yili, Asia’s largest and fast-growing dairy company, is now officially partnering with the agrifoodtech accelerator StartLife, in the Netherlands. Yili is also joining the Open Innovation Forum, an industry network for Food and FMCG companies at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) which is part of......
17 June, 2021
Yili has released its 2020 annual report. Our company’s total revenue reached RMB 96.886bn (€ 12.4 bn) and net profit was RMB 7.078bn (€ 0.98bn). The sales in the first quarter of 2021 increased by over 30% compared with last year’s sales in Q1. The......
03 May, 2021
Brand Finance, the world’s leading independent brand valuation consultancy, has released its Food & Drink 2020 report, in which Asian dairy giant Yili Group (“Yili”, SHA: 600887) is named the most valuable dairy brand and the second-most valuable food brand in the world for its impressive achievements in the past......
22 September, 2020
According to Rabobank’s latest published ranking of global dairy companies Yili jumped into the Top5 this year! This great achievement resulted from the fast organic growth Yili shows now for already many years (roughly a 15-20% growth year on year!). Our ambition was to reach......
16 September, 2020
On August 8, 2020, the 2nd Yili breast milk research symposium was held in Hohhot, which gathered many domestic experts in the field of maternal and infant nutrition. Wang Zhixu, chairman of women and children nutrition branch of Chinese Nutrition Society and professor of School......
08 August, 2020
The annual World Dairy Innovation awards, in association with FoodBev, were recently given in a special virtual ceremony. The judging panel considered 245 entries from over 12 countries in 20 categories. FoodBev Media’s marketing manager, Matthew Rushton said: “Despite all of the challenges we are......
16 June, 2020
For four years, a PhD-student at Wageningen University worked together with Yili on the composition of human milk from Chinese mothers. On 3 June, Mohèb Elwakiel successfully defended online his PhD thesis entitled: ‘‘Immune-active human milk components”. The health benefits of breastfeeding are related to......
03 June, 2020
While the world battles Covid-19, the outbreak has entered a critical moment. Yili, a leading dairy company in Asia, has stepped up its activities by joining the global defence line to stem the spread of the virus. On April 14, the Yili Innovation Center Europe......
14 April, 2020
The 1st Yili Maternal & Infant Nutrition Institute (YMINI) Breast Milk Research Symposium was successfully held on July 24th in Shanghai, China. The theme of the summit was “Decoding bioactive protein to explore a healthy future”. Professor Wang Zhixu, Chairman of Maternal and Child Nutrition......
26 July, 2019
ESPGHAN 2019, 52nd Annual Meeting of The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, was successfully held on June 5th-8th in Glasgow, Scotland. The congress attracted 4.548 delegates from 97 countries, 47 exhibitors & sponsors and offered more than 1.000 abstract presenters a stage......
12 June, 2019
Jennewein Biotechnologie GmbH, the global leader in the research and manufacture of human milk oligosaccharides (HMO),and Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group (Yili Group), China’s leading dairy company, announce today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on infant microbiome and human milk oligosaccharides, with the......
06 February, 2019
On September 12, 2018, Yili and Qlip confirmed the proposed collaboration by signing a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’. The signing took place by Mr. Zhang Jianqiu (Executive CEO Yili Group) and Mr. Jan Bobbink (CEO Qlip) during the official opening of Yili Innovation Center in Europe......
19 September, 2018
During the opening ceremony of the upgraded Yili Innovation Center Europe on the campus of Wageningen University in the Netherlands Yili for the first time awarded an outstanding young scientist who recently finished their PhD study with the Connect to Innovate award. By this Yili......
17 September, 2018
Yili Innovation Center Europe is part of Yili, the largest dairy company in Asia. The Yili Innovation Center Europe recently moved to a new office. That is why an international Opening Event will be organized on 12 September with the theme: “Connect to Innovate”. The......
12 September, 2018
Last night the annual World Dairy Innovation Awards, in association with FoodBev Media, took place at the 12th Global Dairy Congress in Warsaw, Poland. The judging panel considered entries from over 23 countries in 17 categories. “This is the twelfth annual World Dairy Innovation Awards,......
21 June, 2018
The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is a major source of reference for this kind of work....
19 January, 2018
At the beginning of this year, Yili Innovation Center Europe moved into the campus building Plus Ultra. Director Gerrit Smit and his team now have the honour of welcoming Louise Fresco, Raoul Bino and Xiaoyong Zhang. Gerrit Smit will give a brief introduction on dairy......
17 December, 2017
With funding from Horizon2020 program of the European Union and the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) program EU-China-Safe, a project with a volume of €10 million, was launched to improve food safety and fight food fraud within the EU and China. The project......
15 July, 2017
On the 28th of February 2014 Yili established its European Research and Development center in Wageningen, the Netherlands. It is the first overseas R&D center of a Chinese dairy company and is located in the heart of Food Valley. “We shall not only cooperate with......
28 February, 2014