Experts and government officials have called for the further development of dairy farmers' cooperatives in China to ensure the safety of dairy products and protect farmers' interests.

Establishing dairy farmers' cooperatives can facilitate tracing dairy products and improving their quality, Zheng Xinli, vice-chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, said at a seminar in Beijing on Wednesday.

Zheng, who is also the former deputy director of the Policy Research Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said the country's dairy industry can learn from its counterparts in the Netherlands, where farmers are shareholders in agricultural cooperatives.