Chinese meat and food processing company Zhongpin Inc. has received two payments totaling CNY21.4 million in cash subsidies from the Chinese government to help it expand its production capacity.

Materials technology company China Gengsheng Minerals has announced that it has developed a new refractory product that will assist the steel industry to cut energy costs and increase efficiency.

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce reports that in the first quarter of 2009 a total of 584 business bribery cases were uncovered, which was a decrease of 1.18% over the same period last year.

Under a strategic cooperation agreement with the Henan government, Alcoa will work with Henan as a strategic ally on identifying value-added projects for alumina, primary aluminum and aluminum fabrication facilities in the province.

Zhongpin, a major Chinese exporter of meat and food products, has commenced production at its new meat facility in Changge City, Henan Province — increasing its annual production capacity for prepared meat products by 114%.

China Valves Technology has announced that its subsidiary Henan Kaifeng High Pressure Valve Company has developed the capability to manufacture high quality technology-intensive forged steel valves for use in ultra supercritical thermal power generating units.

Zhongpin is currently constructing a new production facility with an annual capacity of 28,800 metric tons of prepared meat products at Zhongpin Industrial Park, located in Changge City, Henan Province.

Adding 30 new clients has increased Shaanxi based China Green Agriculture's regional distributor base to 480 individual distributors covering 27 provinces in China.

Henan based materials technology company China Gengsheng Minerals, Inc. has announced that it has signed a contract to supply high-density fracture proppants to the Huabei Oil Management Company in Renqiu, Hebei.