Beijing Capital Group
Beijing Capital Group Co., Ltd. also known as BCG or the Capital Group, (simplified Chinese: 北京首都创业集团有限公司; pinyin: Běijīng shǒudū chuàngyè jítuán yǒuxiàn gōngsī, abbreviated 北京首创, pinyin Běijīng shǒu chuàng) is a large state-owned enterprise directly under the supervision of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the Beijing Municipality (Beijing SASAC). Headquartered in Beijing, BCG has a business network covering China as well as overseas markets, five listed subsidiaries and total assets of over RMB 180 billion (USD$30 billion).
Core businesses
The Beijing Capital Group has four core businesses:
- environmental protection, including water, solid waste, air pollution and environmental technology. The key water subsidiary is Beijing Capital Co., Ltd, founded in 1999 and listed in 2000 (stock code: 600008). In 2011, the Group's Capital Environment Holdings Ltd. subsidiary entered the solid waste disposal sector by acquiring the New Environmental Energy Holdings Ltd. (03989.HK) which was subsequently renamed Capital Environment Holdings Ltd.
- infrastructure, including road, rail and subways. Beijing Capital Group is a major investor in the Beijing Subway, in a joint venture partnership with the Hong Kong MTR.
- real estate. Beijing Capital Land Ltd. (BCL), is the flagship company in the Group's real estate business and is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: HK2868).
- financial services/funds, including the Beijing Agricultural Investment Co., Ltd set up in 2008.
Overseas investment
France
The Sino-EU Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone built by BCG in 2012 in Chateauroux France was the first large-scale comprehensive industrial park in a developed country established and operated by a Chinese enterprise.[1][2]
New Zealand
The Beijing Capital Group acquired Trans-Pacific Industries (TPI) in New Zealand in June 2014 for NZ$950 million and set up the Beijing Capital Waste Management NZ Ltd (BCWM NZ). Regulatory approval was received from the New Zealand Government's Overseas Investment Office (OIO) in October 2013.[3] In the New Zealand solid waste disposal sector, BCWM NZ has the largest market share at 31 percent.[4] To date BCG's investment in BCWM NZ is the single largest Chinese direct investment in New Zealand.[5] In line with its application for Overseas Investment Office approval Beijing Capital Group announced it would invest NZ$98 million in BCWM NZ to buy new assets, develop landfill capacity and to introduce new anaerobic digestion technology at the Redvale landfill in Auckland.[6]
References
- ↑ Beijing Capital Group website
- ↑ China Daily article 10 July 2013, accessed 28 December 2015
- ↑ New Zealand Overseas Investment Office .
- ↑ Beijing Capital Group website
- ↑ Overseas Investment Office .
- ↑ Jamie Gray, business reporter New Zealand Herald
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