TY - JOUR TI - Milk From the Butterfly Spring: State and Enterprise in the Yunnan Dairy Industry AU - DuBois, Thomas David T2 - Rural China AB - Founded in 1959, the Dengchuan Milk Products Factory was both an individuated enterprise and an asset in the development of western Yunnan. This article examines the six-decade transformation of Dengchuan from state-owned industry, to officially promoted dragon head, and finally as a wholly owned subsidiary of the New Hope Group. Even as the company enjoyed greater managerial independence, it has relied on the government for materials, market access, and the development of its dairy base, a relationship that only recently reversed as the company responded to demands for capital investment and productive upscaling. Albeit on a much smaller scale, this relationship is comparable to the business groups that dominate sectoral development in strategic industries. DA - 2020/05/12/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.1163/22136746-01701005 DP - brill.com VL - 17 IS - 1 SP - 87 EP - 110 LA - eng SN - 2213-6738, 2213-6746 ST - Milk From the Butterfly Spring UR - https://brill.com/view/journals/rchs/17/1/article-p87_87.xml Y2 - 2022/01/31/07:02:27 KW - Chinese Business History KW - Dali prefecture KW - New Hope Group KW - Yunnan New Hope Diequan Dairy Products LLC KW - business groups KW - dairy industry KW - privatization KW - state-enterprise alliance KW - upscaling KW - 乳制品工业 KW - 商业集团 KW - 大理州 KW - 政企互动 KW - 新希望集团 KW - 私有化 KW - 规模化 KW - 邓川奶粉厂 ER -