China seeks help with dairy expansion
PA Wellington China wants to expand its dairy industry and is looking to New Zealand for animal management, processing technology, and imports. A Chinese dairy mission of seven members is in New Zealand for a fortnight to study industry technology and its application in China’s drive to feed more of its 1000 million population with milk. The mission met Dairy Board executives in Wellington yesterday.
The mission leader. Mr Li Weichang, is deputy director of the Bureau of Light Industry in Heilongjiang province, North China. He said China would take 20 years to gain self sufficiency in dairy products.
While improving its farming and processing techniques through reciprocal dairy missions with New Zealand there was also scope for increased imports of New
Zealand dairy products, Mr Li said. China has only 400,000 milking cows and a total of 640,000 dairy cattle of recognised breeds. In contrast, its human population is about 1000 million, with about 20 million births each year. New Zealand already exports about $l5 million worth of butter, wholemilk powder, whey powder, and casein to China.
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