The governor of Hebei has said he has "every confidence" the province can restore the trust in its dairy products after the devastating Sanlu milk scandal.

Hu Chunhua yesterday told China Daily the Hebei government had already begun programs to inject new life into an industry that had been forced to learn a harsh lesson.

Hebei was one of the biggest dairy producers in China before its reputation was destroyed when baby-formula powder contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine was sold by its then-most popular brand Sanlu, killing at least six children and poisoning another 300,000.