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China Merchants Group

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CHN
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Transportation, finance and property

The main businesses of China Merchants Group (the Group) cover three core sectors of transportation and related infrastructure (ports, toll roads, energy transportation and logistics), financial investment and asset management, as well as property development and management.

Company Ownership

China Merchants Group   HKG     website   email      
  Government of the People's Republic of China   
   owns 100% of China Merchants Group  
CHN     website         

Communist government

All power within the government of the People's Republic of China is divided among three bodies: the Chinese Communist Party, State Council, and the People's Liberation Army. In recent years China has been consolidating it's state-owned assets and inviting private investors to invest (often family members of high ranking government officials), however in most cases the government retains control and majority ownership. We have listed State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) simply as subsidiaries of China's government, although in reality company ownership is often more complex.

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Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
China Merchants Group
Social Financing cluster munitions producers
The 2017 update to the report entitled "Worldwide Investments in Cluster Munitions: a Shared Responsibility" identifies 166 banks and other financial institutions with financial links to cluster munitions producers. This bank is listed in the report's Hall of Shame for having investments in one or more of the 6 cluster munitions producers named in the report between 1 June 2013 to 17 March 2017.
Source: Cluster Munition Coalition (2017)
Business Ethics SASAC
This Chinese state-owned enterprise is managed by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC), which oversees over 100 large centrally-owned companies.
Source: SASAC (2011)
Information BankTrack profile
BankTrack is a global network of civil society organisations and individuals tracking the operations of the banking sector and the activities they finance. BankTrack aims to promote fundamental changes in the banking sector so that banks adopt just and sustainable business practices. Follow the link to see a profile on this company's banking subsidiary, China Merchants Bank.
Source: BankTrack (2018)
Government of the People's Republic of China
Social Human rights abuse
Amnesty International has documented widespread human rights violations in China during 2011. An estimated 500,000 people are currently enduring punitive detention without charge or trial, and millions are unable to access the legal system to seek redress for their grievances. Harassment, surveillance, house arrest, and imprisonment of human rights defenders are on the rise, and censorship of the Internet and other media has grown. Repression of minority groups, including Tibetans, Uighurs and Mongolians, and of Falun Gong practitioners and Christians who practice their religion outside state-sanctioned churches continues. While the recent reinstatement of Supreme People's Court review of death penalty cases may result in lower numbers of executions, China remains the leading executioner in the world.
Source: Amnesty Intl (2012)
Social Human rights abuse
This 2012 report by Human Rights Watch documents a wide-range of criticisms of the Chinese government's human rights record from events of 2011.
Source: Human Rights Watch (2012)
Information Wikipedia profile
Source: Wikipedia with links (2011)

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Company Details

Type State-owned enterprise
Subsidiaries Oriental Merchant Pty Ltd 

Wholesaling, distributing and marketing of Asian groceries

In 1990, Hong Oriental merged with Chinese state-owned company China Merchant to form Oriental Merchant. Today Oriental Merchant is the major Asian food supplier to Australian supermarkets and Asian grocery retailers.

Contact Details

Address Hong Kong (China)
Email cmhk@cmhk.com
Website wwwen.cmhk.com

Products / Brands

Oriental Merchant
Bika Yeko Asian
Chef's World Noodles
Cocon Noodles
Dainty Asian
Double Phoenix Noodles
Double Phoenix Asian
Dragon & Phoenix Asian
Dragon & Phoenix Noodles
Erawan Noodles
Erawan Asian
Gold Pearl Noodles
Hikari Asian
Indo Mie Noodles
Indofood Asian
Jade Phoenix Asian
Jade Phoenix Noodles
Jeeny's Asian
Jinmaling Noodles
Kewpie Soy/Asian Sauce
Koh-Kae Asian
Kokita Asian
Lee Kum Kee Asian
Lee Kum Kee Soy/Asian Sauce
Lingham's Asian
Mae Ploy Asian
Mae Ploy Soy/Asian Sauce
Nissin Noodles
Nissin Asian
Nong Shim Noodles
Nong Shim Asian
Obento Asian
Obento Noodles
Ong's Asian
Ong's Soy/Asian Sauce
Poonsin Asian
S & B Asian
Savour Asian
Six Fortune Asian
Smiling Fish Asian
Squid Asian
TCC Asian
UFC Asian
Valcom Asian
Wai Wai Noodles
Yeo's Asian
Yeo's Soy/Asian Sauce


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