BeijingApril 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As a high-end event with both authority and influence in the global food safety and health sector, the 2026 International Conference on Food Safety and Health was recently held in Beijing. The conference brought together senior scientists, renowned scholars, and leading corporate representatives from around the world to discuss the high-quality development of the food industry. During the event, Su Qiang, Vice President of General Mills International, President and Managing Director of General Mills China, delivered a speech at the “Frontier Technology Innovation and Application in Food Safety” symposium. Using the company’s brand Wanchai Ferry as an example, he systematically elaborated on how full-chain technological innovation empowers food safety supervision, and how craftsmanship and quality precisely respond to new trends in health consumption, providing a replicable practical model for industry development.
Enhancing Quality with “Intelligence”: Digital Technology Builds a Full-Chain Traceability System
Inside the Wanchai Ferry production workshop, each dumpling, from raw materials to finished product, must pass through multiple intelligent checkpoints, including metal and X-ray dual foreign object detection systems, AI visual inspection systems, and online checkweighing systems. Facing the wave of technological change, General Mills is actively promoting digital transformation, gradually integrating artificial intelligence practices into the entire chain from product development, raw material selection, production and processing, cold chain logistics, to final delivery. This enhances the “from farm to table” full-chain traceability system, ensuring that every process and every transfer is traceable and transparently managed.
Through precise temperature-controlled processing techniques, Wanchai Ferry dumplings maintain a fresh, tender, and juicy texture akin to “freshly wrapped and boiled,” ensuring consistent taste. From intelligent inspection to full-chain traceability, General Mills is driving quality upgrades with “intelligence,” transforming food safety into a quality promise that consumers can see and trust.
Responding to Demand with “Quality”: Safe and Delicious Dumplings Address New Health Consumption Trends
As “safety” and “health” increasingly become core consumer demands, Wanchai Ferry’s product innovation has also taken a new direction. At the conference, Mr. Su Qiang shared the latest upgrade of the core Wanchai Ferry dumpling series.
For this upgrade, the brand adheres to a spirit of craftsmanship, striving for excellence and strictly controlling every step from raw material selection to process refinement. With a “clean label,” it thoughtfully interprets “safe and delicious dumplings”: using premium whole pork front leg meat for the filling, with a 20% increase in content compared to the previous generation, delivering a more satisfying taste; paired with selected fresh, tender vegetables, and relying on quick-freezing technology to preserve the natural flavor of the ingredients, ensuring every bite is fresh and delicious. The unique dough-making process balances the “thin skin, generous filling” texture with the stability of large-scale production, ultimately presenting a quality delicacy characterized by “bouncy skin, generous filling, rich juice, and premium meat.”
Behind this product iteration is General Mills’ consumer-centric innovation drive. As Mr. Su Qiang emphasized, the company always adheres to the principle of “product as the foundation, brand as the root, channel as the key to success, and team collaboration for win-win outcomes,” precisely identifying consumers’ real pain points in different scenarios and responding to every expectation with high-quality products.
Uniting with “Collaboration”: Synergizing to Promote High-Quality Industry Development
From farm to table, from smart factories to thousands of households, the upgrade of Wanchai Ferry dumplings is a vivid embodiment of General Mills’ commitment to “safeguarding safety with intelligence and pursuing innovation with quality.” The height of the food industry is reflected not only in the precision standards of smart production lines but also in the emotional warmth of every meal.
Looking ahead, General Mills will continue to deepen its end-to-end value chain, achieving full-chain synergy with a resilient supply chain, maintaining agile responsiveness in market competition, and building a collaborative and win-win industry ecosystem with industrial partners, injecting innovative momentum into the sustainable development of the frozen food industry.
This sharing not only provides a vivid example for the global food industry, especially the modernization of traditional categories, on how to deeply integrate cutting-edge technology into the product and brand value chain, but also more vividly confirms that, driven by technology, quality control, health demands, and traditional craftsmanship are not mutually exclusive but can advance synergistically, jointly responding to consumers’ expectations for quality life. As Su Qiang, Vice President of General Mills International, President and Managing Director of General Mills China, summarized in his speech: “True industry leadership lies in helping the industry find value anchors that transcend cycles. General Mills will continue to take consumer needs as the starting point for innovation, refine products with craftsmanship, and co-create value with industry peers, contributing to the high-quality development of China’s frozen food industry.”