China Resources Holdings Company Limited(Chinese:HoaNhuận), or simplyChina Resources,is a Chinesestate-ownedconglomeratethat owns a variety of businesses inHong KongandMainland China.Some of its subsidiaries use the name in the form of theacronymCRC.

China Resources Holdings Co., Ltd
Hoa nhuận
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1938;86 years ago(1938)
HeadquartersChina Resources Headquarters
Shenzhen, Guangdong,China
Area served
Mainland China
Hong Kong
Key people
Chairman:Fu Yuning
RevenueUS$126.2 billion (2023)[1]
US$3.797 billion (2023)[1]
Total assetsUS$367.0 billion (2023)[1]
Number of employees
394,112 (2023)[1]
SubsidiariesChina Resources Beer
China Resources Cement
China Resources Land
China Resources Microelectronics
China Resources Power
China Resources Vanguard
Chinese name
Simplified ChineseHoaNhuận
Traditional ChineseHoaNhuận
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuá Rùn
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWa4 Yeun6
Websitewww.crc.cn

History

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The company started as Liow & Company (Chinese:Liên cùng công ty) in Hong Kong in 1938. Its original purpose was to raise funds and purchase supplies and equipment for theEighth Route Armyand laterPeople's Liberation Army,then engaged in theChinese Civil War.[2]It was renamed as China Resources Corporation (Chinese:Hoa nhuận công ty) in 1948. In 1983, the company was incorporated as China Resources (Holdings) Company Limited (Chinese:Hoa nhuận ( tập đoàn ) công ty hữu hạn).

Operations

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The company's main business focus is the export of mainland Chinese products (including energy) to Hong Kong. Its retail operations are organised under the China Resources Retail group, and include Chinese Arts & Crafts; it also runs a number of supermarkets in Hong Kong, originally under the CRC name, but now rebranded asVanguard.It also ownsNg Fung Hong,the monopoly meat importer into Hong Kong.

China Resources Cementis the largest NSPclinkerand cement producer in Southern China by production capacity and the second largest concrete producer in China by sales volume.[3][4]It was established in 2003 and incorporated inCayman Islands.

Rank

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According toFortune Magazine,China Resources was ranked 70th on the 2022Fortune Global 500list, improved 73 places since 2014.

Investigation

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In 2013 the firm and its chairman at the time,Song Lin,who also held high government rank, was reported to be under investigation regarding the purchase of coal mines inShanxiprovince for 9.9 billion RMB that did not produce any coal for several years after the acquisition. There are substantial reserves of coal in the mines, but exploiting them requires substantial investments. Meanwhile, coal from newly opened strip mines in Mongolia had depressed the market. The deal raised questions about the leverage that large, state-owned firms had to borrow money at low interest for projects of dubious profitability and about where the money went and why.[2]

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^abcd"China Resources".Fortune Global 500.Fortune.Retrieved2024-08-24.
  2. ^abKeith Bradsher; Chris Buckley (August 7, 2013)."Mine Deal Puts New Scrutiny on China's State Industries".The New York Times.RetrievedAugust 8,2013.
  3. ^China Resources Cement Holdings Limited
  4. ^China Resources Cement Holdings Limited
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