School milk program hits new milestone

China's efforts to boost child nutrition nationwide through dairy consumption has reached a new milestone, with more than 30 million primary and secondary school students covered by the "National School Milk Program", according to a 2025 bulletin released by the Dairy Association of China on Monday.

Launched in 2000, the program has evolved into one of the country's most important public nutrition initiatives. It currently spans all 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities on the mainland, with over 100,000 schools participating, an official in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said.

"The school milk program has achieved notable success through multiparty collaboration over the past 25 years," said Wei Lin, director of the dairy division at the bureau of animal husbandry and veterinary services of the ministry.