The 2025 China Association for Quality (CAQ) annual meeting and the third Quest for Excellence conference were held in Beijing on Dec 3, where CAQ announced the list of 19th National Quality Award confirmation organizations.

Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co, the only dairy company to earn the 19th National Quality Award, successfully passed its confirmation review three years after receiving the award. This achievement highlights its ongoing excellence in quality management and substantial improvements in overall performance.

Yili passes the confirmation review three years after receiving the award. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The National Quality Award is the highest honor in comprehensive quality management, awarded to organizations that have implemented outstanding quality management and achieved significant results in quality, economic, and social benefits. The award also emphasizes the organization's ability for continuous improvement and sustainable development. A confirmation review conducted three years after receiving the award further highlights the authority and rigor of the National Quality Award.

Yili receives an honorary certificate for passing the confirmation review of 19th National Quality Award. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Yili places great importance on product quality, implementing its "Excellence Quality Management System" to ensure high standards. Yili raises its standards by 50 percent above the national baseline, considering this its corporate standard line; on this basis, it further increases the standards by 20 percent to set its internal control standard line. Yili has also adopted aerospace reliability engineering technology to build a quality engineering system dedicated to the food industry, creating a reliability assurance system.

Yili's quality culture and quality management provide a model for Chinese enterprises on how to build brands through quality and drive development through excellence.