Nestlé’s milk powder factory in Hailar, Inner Mongolia opened on July 5, 2007, with employees of the new plant taking part in traditional celebrations.

A pioneering investment, the factory was inaugurated by regional authorities of the Chinese Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Nestlé Chairman and Chief Executive, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe.

The factory brings direct employment opportunities, multiplied by indirect economic benefits in the wider community.

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe tours the new milk powder production facilities.

Local transport delivering chairs for the opening ceremony.

Nestlé has opened 21 factories in 18 different locations across China and employs about 13,000 people in the country.

Milk is delivered by bicycle to a Nestlé Milk Collection Centre.

Farmers stand in line to deliver milk.

Inside the Milk Collection Centre.

Farmers graze their cows on the high-quality natural grasslands that surround the Hailar factory.

Nestlé buys fresh milk from some 40,000 Chinese farmers in total and provides them with an overall regular income of around CHF 500,000 per day.

Milk from Inner Mongolian farmers is helping Nestlé to cope with increasing consumer demand for the company's milk products.