Sanyuan Group () is a

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group of companies based on

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

and

animal husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, animal fiber, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, management, production, nutrition, selective breeding, and the raising ...

in China. It consists of 12 state farms, 20 professional companies, 41 transnational joint ventures, 3 overseas subsidiaries and 1 public company as Beijing Sanyuan Foods, which is listed in

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Sanyuan Foods

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was quoted as saying Sanyuan Foods was chosen by

Beijing Olympic Committee The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, or BOCOG, also known as the Beijing Organizing Committee, was an informal name for the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. It was also the organizi ...

at the last minute as the sole supplier of milk and dairy products for both the

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and the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China, from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

. The original supplier of dairy products to the 2008 Beijing Olympic was Yili Group, but Yili was dropped when its products failed quality tests. After Sanyuan Foods' products were cleared in the nationwide test for

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, its share price surged 10 percent, a jump of 52% in 5 days. Independent media have reported that during the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, the "State Council Special Food Supply Center" was the only food supplier chosen by the Beijing Olympic Committee when all other national suppliers failed the stringent tests. "All the food supply, including dairy, for the Olympics and Paralympics were safe," Li Changjiang, former head of AQSIQ told a press conference. "We took special quality management measures aimed at food supply for the Games." On 26 September 2008 Beijing Sanyuan Foods Co Ltd (SHA 600429) said its shares will be suspended from today pending an announcement related to a possible acquisition. Beijing Sanyuan is the only listed dairy producer that has avoided being associated with China's milk contamination scandal. The official

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cited market sources as saying that Sanyuan, a second-tier company, may acquire

Sanlu Group Sanlu Group CO., Ltd. (SJZSGCZ) was a Chinese dairy products company based in Xinhua District, Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei. It produced one of the oldest and most popular brands of infant formula in China.Miracle Star The fifth season of the British-American animated television sitcom ''The Amazing World of Gumball'', created by Ben Bocquelet, aired on Cartoon Network in the United States on September 1, 2016, and was produced by Cartoon Network Development S ...

'', which plagiarized ''

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'' in 2014. In response to the plagiarism, Cartoon Network released the 167th episode of Gumball, "The Copycats", to address ''Miracle Star'' plagiarism directly.

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Official website of Beijing Sanyuan Foods

Ben Bocquelet's tweet
{{authority control Dairy products companies of China food and drink companies based in Beijing Government-owned companies of China

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