On the morning of December 19, 2024 , DSM Firmour Italy and Chilechuan Dairy Development Zone held project negotiations and signed a contract. Relevant leaders from the Tumert Left Banner Committee, Yili Group, and DSM Firmour Italy Greater China attended the signing ceremony . According to the agreement, DSM Firmen will establish a wholly-owned new company "DSM Firmen (Hohhot) Biotechnology Co., Ltd." in the development zone , and invest in the construction of a strain production line project, mainly producing and operating various strains added to dairy products.

The DSM Firmei probiotic project signed this time is a foreign-invested project jointly promoted by the autonomous region and municipal leaders, and jointly promoted by Chilechuan Dairy Development Zone and Yili Group. It is a supporting project for the upstream and downstream of the healthy milk industry. The completion of this project not only improves the construction of the Health Valley industry, but also marks the continuous improvement of the development of the dairy industry chain in the development zone, creating a world-renowned dairy Silicon Valley for the development zone, comprehensively leading the high-quality development of the industry, and promoting the accelerated takeoff of China's dairy industry.

Before the signing ceremony, the two parties held a discussion on project investment and planned and arranged the subsequent construction of the project. Both parties unanimously stated that they would take this cooperation as an opportunity to further strengthen cooperation and exchanges and achieve win-win development.