| ChemChina – China National Chemical Corporation |
State |
Chemical industry: basic chemistry, new chemical materials, agrochemicals, rubber processing and petroleum refining |
Began in 1964 from a set of small solvent factories. In 2004, the State Council approved the merger of a number of companies in the chemical sector in the country under the control of the Ministry of Chemical Industry. It has four subsidiaries and international operations. |
French Adisseo Group, Qenos, Rhodia Global, Eikem, ADAMA, Pirelli, KraussMaffei, Syngenta |
| WH Group |
State |
Packaging of meat products, frozen pork and pig-farming activities |
Publicly held, WH Group originates from the Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co. and consolidated its position as the world’s largest pork company with the acquisition of Smith Foods. |
Smithfield, Eckrich, Farmland, Armour, FarmerJohn, Margherita, Cook’s |
| CIC - China Investment Corporation |
State |
Subsidiaries: CIC International Co Ltd, CIC Capital Corporation and Central Hujian Investment Ltd. |
Founded in 2007 to foster the diversification of China’s foreign currency holdings. |
Subsidiaries: CIC International Co Ltd., CIC Capital Corporation and Central Hujian Investment Ltd. |
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State |
Grains and oilseeds, sugar, coffee, cotton, transport and distribution |
Founded in 1949, it consolidated itself as a publicly traded company in the mid-2000s and as a large agribusiness company in 2016 with the acquisition of Noble Agri. In 2019, it had around 11 000 employees worldwide, assets of CN¥561b and revenue of CN¥471b. |
Temasek, Hopu Investment Management, China Investment Corporation (shareholders)COFCO International, COFCO Biochemical, COFCO Sugar, COFCO Grains & Cereals, COFCO Coca-Cola, Mengniu Dairy etc |
| Bright Foods |
State |
Distribution of food products and processing, dairy, candy. |
It began in 1954 with the action of government divisions from Fengxian, Shanghai to set up farms. It created an exclusive government department to manage these farms between the 1960s and 1970s, which was then transformed into a company in 1994 by the State Council: Shanghai Agriculture Industry and Commerce Corporation. It became a publicly traded state company in 2004 named Shanghai NGS, and then Bright Foods in 2006. |
Its four listed subsidiaries are: Bright Dairy & Food Co, Ltd; Shanghai First Provisions Store Co. Ltd., Shanghai Maling Aquarius Co. Ltd., and Shanghai Haibo Co. Ltd. |
| Legend Holdings |
Private8 Chinese Academy of Science holds around 30%, with Lenovo Group being its best-known shareholder. |
Investment and financial portfolio |
Founded in 1984 by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, at which time the State Council encouraged research institutes and universities to set up companies. |
It has around 20 listed subsidiary companies. Some of them include: Joyvio Group, Better Education Group Corporation, Right Lane Limited. |
