Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co Ltd

Yili Group announced on August 26 that it plans to buy back shares for no less than 1 billion yuan and no more than 2 billion yuan, to be cancelled in accordance with the law and reduce registered capital, with a buyback price not exceeding 39.53 yuan per share. The move aims to enhance shareholder returns and demonstrate the company's confidence in its future development.

On the evening of August 26, multiple listed companies released positive announcements. Jiamusi Electric Machine said its nuclear power business is currently at full production, and the new multifunctional high-temperature high-pressure nuclear main pump full-flow test bench project, with an investment of 381 million yuan, has been completed, with comprehensive testing capability leading in China. Kinwong Electronic expects to make more positive progress with North American hyperscale cloud provider customers by 2027. Hengtong Optic-Electric's net profit in the first half of the year rose 93.38% year on year, and revenue from its optical communications business grew more than 130% year on year. Hua Hong Semiconductor's net profit in the first half of the year rose 436.69% year on year, with shipments hitting a record high. Lianxun Instruments' net profit in the first half of the year rose 903% year on year, and it plans to transfer 4.8 shares for every 10 shares from capital reserve. New China Life Insurance's net profit in the first half of the year rose 54% year on year, and it plans to pay a cash dividend of 0.73 yuan per share. Shennan Circuits' net profit in the first half of the year was 2.251 billion yuan, up 65.55% year on year. Yili Group plans to buy back shares for no less than 1 billion yuan and no more than 2 billion yuan. Leaderdrive's net profit in the first half of the year rose 31.25% year on year, and its embodied intelligent robot business grew substantially in scale. Northern Copper's net profit in the first half of the year was 1.396 billion yuan, up 186.61% year on year. Dapu Microelectronics signed a sales order for enterprise-grade PCIe SSDs worth 515 million US dollars, accounting for 152.70% of its 2025 main business revenue. COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers' net profit in the first half of the year was 1.371 billion yuan, up 66.24% year on year.

Yili Group hosted the 2026 World Dairy Congress in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, where the city was officially designated the 'World Dairy Capital' by the International Union of Food Science and Technology. During the event, Yili's Chairman and CEO Pan Gang called for shared value and mutual harmony to build a new global dairy ecosystem, emphasizing that innovation and digital transformation must span the entire value chain. The congress saw the launch of the China (Global) Dairy Data Intelligent Hub and the Global Dairy High-Quality Datasets Factory, alongside the China National Technology Innovation Center for Dairy's unveiling of its top 10 innovations for 2026, covering areas such as genetic improvement of dairy cows, feed reduction and substitution technologies, probiotic strains for breast milk research, industrial production of lactoferrin, end-to-end intelligent inspection systems, and high-quality packaging recycling.

The dairy sector saw a broad rally on July 29, with Huanlejia hitting the 20 percent daily limit, Knight Dairy surging over 18 percent, Pinwo Food and Panda Dairy rising more than 10 percent, and JuneYao Health, Sanyuan Foods, and Liziyuan among multiple stocks hitting their daily limits. A research report from China Securities shows that the dairy cow herd stood at 5.772 million head in June, down 22,000 head month-on-month, maintaining a rapid pace of destocking. Recently, bulk milk prices have risen in many regions, and the interplay of beef and milk prices is driving a positive turn in the raw milk cycle. Kaiyuan Securities notes that from 2024 to 2025, the national dairy cow herd cumulatively destocked about 550,000 head, and by the end of the second quarter of 2026, the Holstein cow herd further declined to 5.794 million head, with the pace of capacity reduction accelerating. At the same time, yield per cow growth is slowing. In the first half of 2026, raw milk output rose 2.4 percent year-on-year, while dairy product output increased 6.0 percent. On the pricing front, bulk milk prices are leading the gains, with contract prices following. Bulk milk purchase prices in major producing areas have risen sharply, with current mainstream prices at 2.8 to 3.1 yuan per kilogram, and in tight supply areas reaching 3.2 to 3.5 yuan per kilogram. Contract milk prices have turned positive year-on-year. On July 24, the fresh milk price in major producing areas was 3.06 yuan per kilogram, up 0.3 percent month-on-month and 1.0 percent year-on-year, with clear bottoming signals. Aijian Securities points out that dairy products represent the clearest direction of improvement in fund holdings in the second quarter. Active equity funds' combined holdings of Yili Group, New Hope Dairy, Youran Dairy, and China Modern Dairy increased by 12.3 percent, 18.7 percent, 17.3 percent, and 17.8 percent quarter-on-quarter, respectively. Kaiyuan Securities believes that supply contraction, price stabilization, and initial profit verification are largely in place, and raw milk reversal signals are gradually emerging. The industry may be transitioning from a left-side bottoming phase to a right-side confirmation phase. The upstream segment will benefit first with significant earnings elasticity, with a focus on Youran Dairy. The downstream competitive environment is improving and leading companies are regaining market share, with attention on New Hope Dairy and Yili Group.

Heilongjiang Jinhan Yili Dairy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Yili Group, has increased its registered capital from 20 million yuan to 500 million yuan, a surge of 2,400 percent. The company was established in May 2026, with Duan Huibin as its legal representative, and its business scope covers technical services, food production, and more. The industrial and commercial registration change was completed on July 10.