China's largest dairy producer Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co Ltd comes first on a Top 100 list on light industry information, according to a conference held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Aug 30. [Photo/Yili Group]

China's largest dairy producer Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co Ltd ranked first on a Top 100 list released at the China Light Industry Information Conference, which was held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Aug 30.

The list looked at the enterprises' efforts on industrialization and informationization in the light industry.

Yili topped the list for its achievements in promoting smart dairy industry.

Yili has established an intelligent network in management, logistic and production, according to Xu Ke, vice-president of Yili Group.

Xu noted that Yili launched an intelligent manufacturing project on building digital workshops in 2017, aiming to set standards for the construction of digital workshops for liquid milk production.

"It is necessary to further the integration of industrialization and informationization for the upgrading of modern enterprise," said Xu, speaking during his opening speech.

During the conference, Yili was also honored as the excellent Chief Information Officer (CIO) in the light industry. 

The conference, organized by the China Light Industry Council, was intended at sharing the experience and achievements in informationization.