Dairy industry

Hohhot's agriculture and animal husbandry are centered on the dairy industry with a high-tech, high value-added system that is also tourism-centered, with better services. It has two well-known dairy brands - Yili and Mengniu - and a dynamic industrial chain, with large market potential at home and abroad. During the first six months of 2017, the net profit of Yili rose 4.5 percent year-on-year to 3.37 billion yuan ($51 million), according to statistics from the local government. During the same period, the net profit of Mengniu added 4.7 percent to 1.13 billion yuan. 

During the past ten months in 2017, the output value of the dairy industry achieved 132.8 billion yuan, 25.4 percent of the total industrial output of the city.