China’s per capita milk consumption is only 21.7% kilograms, a fifth of the world average. Chinese babies up to 12 months old are the same as Western babies in terms of health, but grow slower thereafter, especially during adolescence.

Dairy foods are nutritionally rich and have various vitamins that can be easily absorbed. China’s total output of milk was 28.65 million tons in 2005, and it is expected to be the third highest globally in 2020 with more than 50million tons or 40 kilograms per capita.

China still suffers from imbalanced milk consumption with urban per capita consumption at 24.8 kilograms compared with 2 kilograms in rural areas.

The Dairy Association of China is piloting a free milk plan in 8,862 primary and middle schools of 52 cities nationwide.

Source:佚名