Dusk descends over Hohhot city, in Inner Mongolia [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Hohhot, capital city of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, has set itself five-year development goals, aiming to grow into a premier regional science and technology innovation center, according to local media reports.

Based on national innovation platforms in such areas as the dairy industry, the grass seeds industry and biological vaccines, Hohhot plans to build a number of innovative platform carriers. It will implement major scientific and technological breakthroughs and develop a multi-level personnel recruitment and training system.

In 2021, the city launched an innovative project called "two zones, two centers and five bases". It promoted the construction of the Jinshan High-tech Zone and Horinger New Zone and established the National Dairy Technology Innovation Center and the Grass Seed Technology Innovation Center.

Participants listen keenly to an address given at the ninth China Dairy Science and Technology Conference in Hohhot. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The ninth China Dairy Science and Technology Conference was held on July 23 last year in Hohhot, with the goal of mapping out a path for the future development of the region's dairy industry.

The conference attracted the participation of leading experts, academics and business representatives engaged in the dairy, lactic acid bacteria and associated industries.

They exchanged views and helped to establish a platform for exchanges and cooperation between scientists and entrepreneurs and on the use of technology, to assist with the high-quality development of the dairy sector – one of Hohhot's and Inner Mongolia's most competitive industries.

The city plans to create a world-class development complex for the dairy industry and promote the overall upgrading of the sector.

As the project's mainstay, the National Dairy Technology Innovation Center will seek to attract domestic and foreign dairy innovation resources and strive to meet national strategic needs as well as address industrial issues, with the goal of building a globally influential dairy technology innovation hub.

The National Dairy Technology Innovation Center will set up five research centers and three service platforms, in order to undertake scientific research and provide services.