LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Thursday visited the headquarters of China’s Tyren Wisdom Dairy Company in Xinjiang, touring the firm’s dairy works and signalling that the provincial government wants to build a milk and dairy processing project in collaboration with China.
According to an official statement issued on Thursday, the chief minister was warmly received by company officials on her arrival at the headquarters, where she was given a detailed briefing on the various stages of milk processing.
Maryam Nawaz conducted a digital inspection of the milk processing process and was briefed on the different stages involved, the statement said. Company experts also walked her through the preparation of a range of milk products.
The visit was structured less as a ceremonial stop and more as a technical walkthrough, with officials explaining how raw milk moves from collection to finished product under controlled conditions.
Company officials told the chief minister that Tyren Wisdom Dairy Works is known for modern dairy farming across different regions of China. Livestock at its farms is raised in line with animal health and hygiene standards, while milk, yoghurt and other dairy products are processed using modern techniques.
That combination — herd health management at the farm end and mechanised processing at the plant end — is the model that has allowed Chinese dairy operations to scale output while keeping product quality consistent, a challenge that has long constrained Pakistan’s own dairy chain.
Speaking during the visit, the chief minister said projects aimed at improving and promoting the livestock sector in Punjab were yielding positive results.
She said special projects for the financial empowerment of rural women and for livestock breeding were being successfully implemented in the province. Livestock was also being fattened and prepared for meat production, she added.
The remarks place the Xinjiang visit within a wider provincial agenda in which livestock is treated not only as an agricultural sub-sector but as a rural income and employment tool, particularly for women in village economies.
The clearest takeaway from the visit was the chief minister’s statement that Punjab wants to establish a milk and dairy processing project in collaboration with China.
Pakistan is among the world’s largest milk-producing countries, yet a significant share of that milk moves through informal, unprocessed channels. A formal processing facility built on Chinese technical partnership would target exactly that gap, bringing more of the supply chain into a documented, quality-controlled system.
An organised processing project typically means a more reliable buyer and more predictable pricing. For consumers, it means packaged dairy products meeting defined hygiene standards. For the province, it opens the door to value-added dairy exports rather than the sale of raw commodity milk.
No timeline, site or investment figure has been announced for the proposed project. Any progress would depend on follow-up engagement between the Punjab government and Chinese dairy sector partners in the months ahead.
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