From Wageningen to Inner Mongolia: Dutch expert reflects on decade of innovation in China’s dairy industry

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Dr. Gerrit Smit, a Dutch food science veteran, recently stepped down as head of the Yili Innovation Center Europe after a decade. He remains as a senior expert, continuing to support the center he helped establish in 2014. The center, located in Wageningen, Netherlands, is the first overseas R&D arm of China's Yili Group and represents a successful collaboration between China and Europe in food science. Smit's leadership was instrumental in building the center from the ground up, bridging cultural and scientific differences.