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A project involving cloned super cows to ramp up dairy output is making progress in Northwest Chinas Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, a scientist with the Northwest A&F University told the Global Times on Saturday.

Researchers from the Northwest University of Agricultural and Forestry Science and Technology bred and brought to life the three calves that can produce abundant milk.

Scientists recently cloned three “super cows” to produce more milk, but the “innovation” also comes with a slew of problems.

Chinese scientists have cloned three "super cows" able to produce 18 metric tons of milk per year and more than 100 tons of milk over the course of their lifetimes, which may help reduce China's dependency on imported dairy cows.

In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration in the US concluded that meat and milk from clones are as safe as equivalents from conventionally bred animals.Wang Bingke, one of the scientists involved in cloning the cattle, said that the milk was the same as that produced by the original cows.

Chinese scientists have boosted Chinas dairy industry by successfully cloning three super cows from the most sought after Holstein Friesian breed.

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Jin wants to make a herd of super cows to help milk production.

The new method is seen as a "breakthrough" to help reduce Chinas reliance on imported cattle breeds.

China scientists claimed Wednesday to have successfully cloned mutant "super cows" that produce abnormally large amounts of milk.