While the battle for leadership of the world’s largest beer market over the past decade has been fought at the low end of the market, the stage looks set for a new contest between domestic and foreign brewers in the high-end and premium segment

Mengniu faces a challenge to rebuild its reputation following yet another food safety scandal and an unexpected management reshuffle

By tapping into overseas resources, including Bulgarian yoghurt culture and New Zealand milk powder, Bright is driving sales in milk products.

China’s largest dairy-farm operator will continue to benefit from government support and rising raw-milk prices, but its fate remains tied to troubled market leader Mengniu’s

Yili’s strong sales of high-end products and high-profile marketing campaigns should help it consolidate its position as China’s leading dairy producer by revenue.

Chinese dairy firms have regrouped following the 2008 melamine crisis and posted stellar earnings growth in 2011, but a renewed scandal involving leading dairy maker Mengniu has highlighted how brittle consumer trust in the sector remains

Discretionary spending and consumer borrowing by Chinese urban consumers strengthened in May, according to a China Confidential survey of 600 urban consumers in 134 first-, second- and third-tier cities, although the spending outlook was slightly lower than in April.

China’s leading air-conditioner manufacturer should be a beneficiary of the government’s new subsidy scheme for energy-saving appliances