The 2026 World Dairy Conference will be held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. Hohhot, known as China's dairy capital, has the country's largest and most complete dairy industry cluster. In 2025, the local dairy industry's full-chain revenue exceeded 300 billion RMB. The article highlights the role of innovation, key players Yili and Mengniu, challenges such as low per capita consumption and reliance on imported ingredients, and the need for technological upgrades, product diversification, and collaborative research to strengthen the industry.
Ajinomoto raised ABF film prices by 30% in the third quarter of 2026, pressuring the global AI chip supply chain. Since late 2025, more than 50 Chinese consumer companies have diversified into hard tech, with Allbirds' NewBird surging 582% after a pivot to computing power leasing. By-health took a 0.97% stake in a chip startup for RMB 50 million, while Zhong Shanshan invested RMB 500 million for a 10% stake in solid-state battery electrolytes. However, cross-industry high-tech M&A failure rates reached 57.2% in 2024, and traditional company diversification failure rates ranged from 70% to 75% from 2018 to 2025.