The per capita milk consumption in China is the world average level 1 / 3.

Gu Cheng, secretary general of the China Dairy Association, said recently that China is already a big country in milk production, processing and consumption in the world, but the level of per capita milk consumption is still low, which is about 1 shock 2 of the Asian average and 1 shock 3 of the world average.

Speaking at the fourth International Symposium on "Dairy Cow Nutrition and Milk quality" on the same day, Gu said that China has a total of more than 14 million dairy cows and produced more than 38 million tons of milk last year, ranking third in the world. Imported dairy products more than 1.8 million tons, equivalent to more than 10 million tons of raw milk. China is a veritable country of milk production, processing and consumption, but the level of per capita milk consumption is still low.

Experts generally believe that there is still much room for improvement in dairy consumption in China. According to the "China Agricultural Outlook report (2015 Mel 2024)" released by the Market early warning expert Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture, it is estimated that by 2024, the per capita dairy consumption of China's urban and rural residents will reach 39.56 kg, with an average annual growth rate of 2.2%.

It is understood that in 2014, China's dairy industry changed from "milk shortage" to "surplus", the price of fresh milk entered the channel of decline, there was a "milk pour storm" in many provinces, a large number of foreign low-cost milk powder poured in, and the development of the dairy industry was faced with major challenges. "China's dairy industry is transforming from traditional dairy industry to modern dairy industry, but there are still some problems in the process of transformation, such as high cost of milk production, small profit margin, weak international competitiveness and so on." Gu believes that these problems are problems in development, and developed countries in the dairy industry have also experienced them, so it is necessary to learn from the advanced experience of foreign dairy industry and comprehensively improve the quality of China's dairy industry.