On April 18, local time in the Netherlands, the upgrade of Yili's European Innovation Center and the inauguration ceremony of the Global Maternal and Child Nutrition Research Center with the theme of "Evolution to New, Intelligent Chain Future" were held at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. At the event, Yili shared the top ten innovation achievements and future research directions of the European Innovation Center (YICE) in the past ten years, launched the comprehensive upgrade of the innovation center, established the Yili Global Maternal and Child Nutrition Research Center (YMINI Global), and cooperated with the international authoritative journal "Nature" to release a white paper on global breast milk research.
Laurence Rycken, Director General of the International Dairy Federation, Liu Meiju, Executive Vice President and Secretary General of the China Dairy Industry Association, Sjoukje Heimovaara, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Wageningen University in the Netherlands, Hartmut Michel, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and Member of the German National Academy of Sciences, Liu Chunxi, Executive President of Yili Group, as well as the Chinese Embassy in the Netherlands, Peking University, Nanjing Medical University, University of Cambridge, More than 130 guests, including representatives of Massey University in New Zealand, attended the event.
The guests from left to right are: Richard Hickson, CEO of Ausnutria Netherlands; Aalt Dijkhuizen, Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Liu Meiju, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of China Dairy Industry Association; Sjoukje Heimovaara, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Liu Chunxi, Executive President of Yili Group; Laurence Rycken, Director General, International Dairy Federation; He Jian, General Manager of National Dairy Technology Innovation Center, Head of Yili Innovation Center; Director of Gerrit Smit, Yili European Innovation Center.
The guests from left to right are: Carolien van Loo-Bouwman, Senior Manager, Nutrition Innovation, European Innovation Center, Yili; Chen Yue, Chairman of Zhongyi Pregnancy and Infant Children; Liu Meiju, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of China Dairy Industry Association; Hartmut Michel, Chief Scientist Emeritus, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Member of the German National Academy of Sciences; Wang Jianrong, Head of Marketing System, Infant Nutrition Division, Yili Group; Paul Moughan, Fellow of the Royal New Zealand Academy of Sciences, Professor, Massey University, New Zealand; Guo Yongqiang, General Manager of Sanbao Pregnancy and Baby; Situ Wenyou, Head of Yili Global Maternal and Child Nutrition Research Center.
The "double center" has been upgraded to stimulate product innovation
As one of the two protagonists of this event, YICE was established at Wageningen University as early as 2014, which was the overseas R&D center with the highest specifications in China's dairy industry at that time, and has now become an important bridge for Yili's Sino-foreign scientific research cooperation. Yili's maternal and infant nutrition research has been officially launched since 2003, and the "Yili Maternal and Child Nutrition Research Institute" was established in April 2018. With the blessing of the "Double Center", Yili will continue to integrate the cutting-edge technology of maternal and infant nutrition into product innovation. At the event, Liu Chunxi, Executive President of Yili Group, said: "Science and technology are always the primary productive forces, and the blockbuster upgrade of the 'Double Center' will further stimulate the strong innovation vitality of Yili's Jinlingguan series products and forge more extraordinary infant formula products for Chinese infants." ”
As one of the youngest Nobel laureates in history and a world-renowned structural biologist, Hartmut Michel, honorary chief scientist of Jinlingguan, praised YICE and YMINI Global for their innovation-driven efforts in the global dairy industry, and also highly affirmed Jinlingguan's extraordinary contributions to the field of breast milk research: "The growth and development of infancy and early childhood is a critical window period for people's lifelong health, and nutrition is the most important factor affecting the health of early childhood. I am very pleased to see that Jinlingguan has comprehensively considered this point and built a 'four-in-one' [1] infant formula nutrition system including digestion and absorption, immune protection, intellectual development, and intestinal health. I think this is a more professional health solution and nutritional choice for every family. ”
At the upgrade ceremony, Yili European Innovation Center shared the "Top Ten Scientific Research Achievements" of the past ten years, many of which are related to maternal and infant nutrition research, including: the "Sino-Dutch Breast Milk Study" jointly developed with Wageningen University found different characteristics of HMOs and glycoprotein patterns in Chinese and Dutch breast milk; The "Frontier Research on Maternal and Child Nutrition and Breast Milk", jointly developed with Wageningen University and Cambridge University, discovered 66 N-glycans with different structures in breast milk in China, revealed their change rules, and deeply analyzed the relationship between placenta and amniotic fluid and infant intestinal microbiota. The HMOs Study, conducted in collaboration with the Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour, Wageningen University and the Netherlands Dairy Research Institute, scientifically confirmed and published the health benefits of HMOs in terms of immunity, intestinal barrier integrity, intestinal pathogen adhesion and cognitive function. In addition, synergies with probiotic strains (including Yili's independent intellectual property strain BL-99) were also found.
At the same time, Yili Global Maternal and Child Nutrition Research Center and the world's authoritative scientific journal Nature jointly released the White Paper on Global Breast Milk Research, which innovatively proposed the four-in-one health effect of breast milk of "immune protection, digestion and absorption, intestinal health, and intellectual development" [1], which provides a new scientific basis and innovative direction for the future development of infant nutrition and health. On the same day, many overseas and Chinese authoritative experts also held a roundtable discussion on the theme of "Maternal and Child Nutrition Research Innovation Evolution and Global Upgrading".
The guests from left to right are: Kasper Hettinga, Professor of Dairy Research at Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Wang Zhiwei, Chairman of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society, Professor of the School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University; Stephen Pincock, Vice President, Academic Solutions, Nature; Situ Wenyou, Head of Yili Global Maternal and Child Nutrition Research Center; Paul Moughan, Fellow of the Royal New Zealand Academy of Sciences, Professor, Massey University, New Zealand; Yumei Zhang is a professor at the School of Public Health, Peking University.
The guests from left to right are: Carolien van Loo-Bouwman, Senior Manager, Nutrition Innovation, European Innovation Center, Yili; Zhang Yumei, Professor, School of Public Health, Peking University; Susan Ozanne, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Professor at the University of Cambridge; Paul Moughan, Fellow of the Royal New Zealand Academy of Sciences, Professor, Massey University, New Zealand; Wang Zhiwei, Chairman of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society, Professor of the School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University; Kasper Hettinga Professor of Dairy Studies, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Situ Wenyou, Head of Yili Global Maternal and Child Nutrition Research Center.
Situ Wenyou, head of Yili Global Maternal and Child Nutrition Research Center, said: "The upgraded YICE and YMINI Global will further bring together the wisdom of the world's top scientists to help the global maternal and infant industry upgrade and develop together. “
In the past, many of the scientific research breakthroughs of Yili's "double center" in maternal and infant nutrition have been applied to Jinlingguan's Chinese patented formula; At the same time, thanks to Yili's 22 years of overcoming difficulties and scientific research accumulation in the field of breast milk research, Jinlingguan has also won 10 major formula patents, 73 Chinese invention patents, and 15 national patent authorizations, and has successively set a record of "18 firsts in the industry".
In 2023, Jinlingguan will create an extraordinary[2] infant formula, which perfectly interprets the healthy and nutritional effects of "four-in-one" [1] breast milk. The "star product" Jinlingguan Zhen Bao Platinum Extract has 90 kinds of comprehensive nutrition, including the first active nutrient HMOs of milk source, breast milk oligosaccharides, with rare lactoferrin and active protein OPN, to help the baby's protection to be comprehensively advanced. Add 2 times [3] super third-generation OPO, with a combination of dual active probiotics and prebiotics, for better absorption by the baby. There is also a 100% A2 fresh raw milk extraordinary[2] milk source, which brings extraordinary protection to the baby's comprehensive nutrition [2].
In the future, Yili European Innovation Center and Global Maternal and Child Nutrition Research Center will work together to bring together the top scientific resources, scientific research strength and scientific and technological potential energy in China and the world. Yili Gold Lingguan will continue to uphold the spirit of Yili Group's concept of "no innovation, no future", rely on Yili's "double center" to bring extraordinary[2] quality infant formula products to infants and young children, help realize the common prosperity and strength of global breast milk research and maternal and infant nutrition, and work together to build a community of health for mankind.
Exegesis:
[1] Four-in-one: It refers to the golden collar crown in the protection, absorption, intestines, cognition of the four aspects to provide comprehensive nutrition to the baby.
[2] Extraordinary: It refers to the fact that Yili Gold Lingguan aims to use its own scientific research strength and nutritional research results to better protect the baby.
[3] 2 times: refers to the content of OPO in the 3rd stage of Zhenhu Platinum Extract is about 2 times of the lower limit of the national standard.