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 state-owned real estate enterprise directly under the supervision of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the Beijing Municipality (Beijing SASAC).[1] The Beijing Capital Group Co. was incorporated in 1994 and is primarily a real estate firm. [2] 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 (US$30 billion).
Core businesses
[edit]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
[edit]France
[edit]The Sino-EU Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, built by BCG in 2012 in Châteauroux, France, was the first large-scale comprehensive industrial park in a developed country established and operated by a Chinese enterprise.[3][4]
Despite these 2012 announcements, in 2020 the investments were not finalized, and the forecasted industrial park was no longer planned to be set-up in operation. [5]
New Zealand
[edit]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.[6] In the New Zealand solid waste disposal sector, BCWM NZ has the largest market share, at 31 percent.[7] As of December 2015[update] BCG's investment in BCWM NZ is the single largest Chinese direct investment in New Zealand.[8] 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 introduce new anaerobic digestion technology at the Redvale landfill in Auckland.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ 中国投资学会 (2002). 中国投资年鉴 (in Chinese). 中国金融出版社. p. 139. ISBN 978-7-5011-5948-2. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ^ "Beijing Capital Group Co Ltd". Bloomberg News. 18 March 2022.
- ^ Beijing Capital Group website
- ^ China Daily article 10 July 2013, accessed 28 December 2015
- ^ LeMonde.fr - In Châteauroux, the Sino-European hub has fizzled out (in French)
- ^ New Zealand Overseas Investment Office [1].
- ^ Beijing Capital Group website
- ^ Overseas Investment Office [2].
- ^ Jamie Gray, business reporter New Zealand Herald
