Zhongpin Inc said it is to build a new US$61.5m pork processing plant in the Jilin province of China as part of a bid to expand its share of domestic meat market.
Chip maker McCain has shut down its recently opened plant in
Harbin, northeast China, after authorities cut off the water supply
due to fears of contamination.
China's third largest soybean crusher Heilongjiang Jiusan is
doubling its output -- to one quarter of the country's total - as
it prepares to float on the Hong Kong stock exchange next year.