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Corporate History

2008

  • January: Zhongpin¡¯s management presides over the opening bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite to celebrate the Company¡¯s listing on the NASDAQ Global Select.
  • May: Zhongpin presents at the Roth 3rd annual China Discovery Tour.
  • June: Chinese Government issues new pork processing regulations to promote industry modernization.
  • June: Zhongpin joins Russell 3000? Index, Russell MicroCap Index and Russell Global Index.
  • June: Zhongpin opened a new processing facility in western Henan province, increasing capacity by 22%
  • September: Zhongpin received a cash grant of RMB 1.65 million, or $241,086, from the government of Henan Province.
  • October: Zhongpin appointed Mr. Feng(Warren) Wang as the Company¡¯s new Chief Financial Officer.
  • November: Zhongpin commnenced production at its new prepared meat facility in Changge City, Henan Province, increasing annual prepared meat production capacity by 114%.
  • December: Zhongpin leased a production facility in Shenzhou City, adding 26,000 metric tons of chilled and frozen pork capacity.

2007

  • February: Zhongpin Awarded "Most Competitive Brand China 2006" and "CCTV 2006 Best Employer of Henan Province"
  • April: Zhongpin Inc. increases prepared meat products capacity by 75%
  • April: Zhongpin implemented the first phase of a new advanced planning and scheduling ("APS") system and a logistics management information system ("MIS")
  • June: Zhongpin opens new processing facility in southern Henan province, increasing capacity by 40%
  • July: Zhongpin acquired assets of Deyang East China Food Company Limited, including a chilled and frozen pork processing facility located in Cangshan County, Sichuan Province.
  • July: Zhongpin constructs a new pork facility in eastern Henan province.
  • August: Zhongpin receives a grant for $1.2 million from the Finance Department of the Central Government.
  • September: Zhongpin presents at Roth Capital Partners conference in New York.
  • September: Zhongpin leases new pork production facility in north China.
  • September: Zhongpin honored with the 2007 "Most Recognized Brand in China Award 2007" for the Company's frozen pork and prepared pork products.
  • December: Zhongpin doubles production capacity for prepared meat products.
  • December: Zhongpin receives approval for listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

2006

  • January: Representative Reserve Unit for National Meat and Live Stock Reserve
  • February: Zhongpin Industry Park II was completed and put into production.
  • February: Zhongpin completed listing on the U.S. OTC BB through reverse merger
  • July: Member of International Meat secretariat

2005

  • April: Zhongpin Industry Park II was under construction.
  • June: Zhi Shuping, Vice Secretary of Henan Province, inspected Zhongpin
  • August: Zhongpin Food Garden was appointed as ¡°Agricultural Ecology Traveling Sight¡±
  • August: Lu Wucheng, Vice Provincial Governor, inspected Zhongpin
  • August: The Zhongpin brand was awarded ¡°Henan Famous Trademark¡±
  • December: Zhongpin recognized as No.1 in the list of ¡°Ten Most Trustful Brands in Henan¡±
  • December: Zhongpin was awarded ¡°National Agricultural Products Processing Demonstration Enterprise¡±
  • December: Zhongpin was recommended by Ministry of Agriculture as agricultural processed products for Beijing 2008 Olympics

2004

  • June: Established Henan Zhongpin Import and Export Co., Ltd.
  • July: Received Northern American AIB certification
  • September: Received award for Henan¡¯s Famous Product for the second time
  • September: Received award for China¡¯s Famous Product

2003

  • November: Passed Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point (HACCP)
  • April: Hui Liangyu, Vice-Premier of State Council, inspected Zhongpin
  • April: Vice Secretary of Henan Province inspected Zhongpin
  • June: First phase of Zhongpin Food Garden began operations
  • October: Zhu Xianfu, President of Zhongpin, was awarded ¡°Pace-setter for helping country youth get rich by carving out¡±

2002

  • May: Received ISO9001( 2000) Certification
  • December: Passed non-environmental-harmful agricultural products registration
  • December: Recognized as one of the 50 strongest enterprises in China Meat Industry

2001

  • July: Received PRC Export and Import Enterprise Certificate September: Received award for Henan Famous Products
  • November: Received Advanced Enterprise award from China Meat Association
  • December: Purchased Yanling Meat Factory and established Henan Zhongpin Industry Co., Ltd
  • December: Received award for Modern Enterprise System unit

2000

  • March:Received authorization as Provincial Technique Center
  • October: Recognized as one of the first leading national agricultural industrialization enterprises
  • August: Wang Mingyi, Deputy Governor of Henan Province, inspected Zhongpin

1999

  • December: Henan Zhongpin Food Share Co., Ltd. is incorporated

1997

  • July:Existing management team acquired ownership as a private enterprise, named the company ¡°Changge Zhongpin Food Limited¡±

1993

  • March: Spun- off from a state-owned food enterprise, established as Changge Meat Association Factory

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