The company "China Oil and Food Corporation" was founded in 1949 and has become the leading supplier of agricultural products and food with wheat, rice, wheat, corn, oil and oilseeds, sugar, cotton, meat products, dairy products, wine, tea and cotton. Its core business includes the production and distribution of branded products, financial services and real estate. In China alone, it has an annual processing capacity of more than 60 million tonnes. COFCO is China's largest food processing company with products covering all major categories of Chinese daily consumption. Through 2.3 million terminal outlets in China's nearly 1,000 large and medium-sized cities and more than 10,000 counties and villages, consumers are provided with high quality food products throughout the year. COFCO is the industry leader in rice, wheat, maize, oil and oilseeds, sugar and cotton in over 140 countries and regions around the world through a global production and procurement platform and trading network. More than 50% of operating revenues are generated from overseas operations.
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