Donations to help fight COVID-19 arrive in the city of Hohhot in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co Ltd (Yili Group), one of China's dairy industry giants, donated supplies to help the city of Hohhot fight COVID-19 on Feb 20.

The supplies are worth around 500,000 yuan ($78,426) and include Yili milk, mineral water and milk powder. 

The donation will support first-line healthcare workers battling the virus.

As a leader in China's dairy industry, Yili has a history of responding promptly to major incidents.

People unload donated Yili products in Hohhot. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Since the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020, Yili has invested a total of 280 million yuan in virus prevention and control efforts.

Some 60 million yuan has been donated to the China Red Cross Foundation to support epidemic prevention and control work in Inner Mongolia and Hohhot.

In 2021 alone, Yili donated around 3 million yuan in supplies to support virus prevention and control in Hohhot, Hulunbuir city and Ejine Banner and snow-related disaster relief in Tongliao city.