{{Short description|Chinese meat company}} {{Infobox company | name = China Yurun Food Group Limited <br /> 中国雨润食品集团有限公司 | logo = Yurun Group (logo).png | type = Privately owned | genre = | foundation = 1993 | founder = | location_city = Nanjing, Jiangsu | location_country = People's Republic of China | location = | origins = | key_people = Chairman: Zhu Yicai | area_served = People's Republic of China | industry = Meat supplier | products = Pork | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = 26,000<ref name="food 2013">{{cite web | url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=1068:HK | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316054939/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=1068:HK | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 16, 2010 | title=china yurun food group ltd | publisher=Bloomberg News | access-date=2013-05-30}}</ref> | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | owner = | slogan = | homepage =[http://www.yurun.com/ Yurun Group Limited] }}

'''Yurun Group Limited''' ({{hkex|1068}}) is the largest meat supplier in mainland China. It is headquartered in Nanjing, Jiangsu.<ref name="food 2013"/> It operates in two food sectors, chilled meat and frozen meat, and processed meat products,<ref name="food 2013"/> which are marketed under its brand names of ''Yurun'', ''Furun'', ''Wangrun'', and ''Popular Meat Packing''.<ref>[https://www.google.com/finance/quote/1068:HKG China Yurun Food Group Limited]</ref><ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?capId=23038823 China Yurun Food Group Limited]{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

It was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2005.<ref name="food 2013"/><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Sept_6/ai_n26976184/pg_4 China Yurun Food Group Limited Net Profit Up 48.6% to RMB 254 Million in 1H2006]</ref>

== Food sector expansion == Yurun acquired ''Haroulian'', the Harbin Meat Union, in 2003 in the aftermath of the privatization and reorganization of ''Haroulian''.<ref>{{cite news |title=哈尔滨红肠如何成为一张城市名片{{!}}上海证券报 |url=https://paper.cnstock.com/html/2024-01/24/content_1869844.htm |work=Shanghai Securities News |date=2024-01-24}}</ref> In 2007, it entered into an EUR 10,000,000 agreement with Fratelli Beretta to produce Italian-style meats in China under the ''Beretta'' brand.<ref>{{cite web |last1=扬子晚报 |title=雨润携手意大利肉制品巨头 |url=https://news.sina.cn/sa/2007-02-13/detail-ikknscsk1864260.d.html |website=sina.com |language=zh-CN |date=13 February 2007}}</ref> The Ma'anshan Beretta factory opened in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beretta - Yurun Opening of new factory {{!}} China-Italy Chamber of Commerce |url=https://www.cameraitacina.com/en/news/beretta-yurun-opening-new-factory |website=www.cameraitacina.com|date=February 2012}}</ref>

Yurun was the first company in Zhejiang to be approved for export to South Korea in 2010.<ref name=gdswire/>

In 2013, Yurun entered into an agreement with AFFCO Holdings to buy lamb rom AFFCO. By this time, Yurun has already started selling ''Wangrun''-branded products to Australia and New Zealand.<ref name=gdswire>{{cite web |last1=博亚和讯 |title=雨润集团与新西兰食品巨头签署战略合作协议_养猪信息网 |url=http://m.gdswine.com/a.php?aid=167590 |website=m.gdswine.com |date=2013-01-17}}</ref>

== Diversification == Yurun's website lists the following constituent groups:<ref>{{cite web |title=产业布局 |url=http://www.yurun.com/group/index.html |website=www.yurun.com}}</ref> * Yurun Food Group (1068.HK) * Yurun Real Estate Group, founded 2002 * Nanjing Central Emporium (Grp) Stocks Co., Ltd, founded 1936, majority stakes acquired 2005 * Yurun 2nd Construction Group, legally Jiangsu Lisheng Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., founded 2020 * Yurun Construction Group, founded 1993 * Yurun Hotel Management Group, founded 2011 * Yurun Agricultural Products Group, founded 2009 * Yurun Property Service Group (Jiangsu Yurun Property Service Co., Ltd), founded 2002

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==External links== *[http://www.yurun.com/ Yurun Group Limited] &ndash; website for the larger conglomerate, in Simplified Chinese and English *[http://www.yurun.com.hk/en/index.html Yurun Food] &ndash; website for the food division, in Traditional Chinese and English ** [http://www.yurun.com.hk/ch/index.html Simplified Chinese version], which is not accessible from the Traditional Chinese and English home pages *** [http://www.yurun.com.hk/ch/brand/yurunbrand.asp?catId=1 Yurun Brand page] (list of products), which is also not directly accessible from the Simplified Chinese home page

{{Food companies of China}}

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