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 enterprise directly under the supervision of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the Beijing Municipality (Beijing SASAC). 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

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

France

The Sino-EU Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone built by BCG in 2012 in Chateauroux, France was the first large-scale comprehensive industrial park in a developed country established and operated by a Chinese enterprise.[1][2]

Despite these 2012 announcements, in 2020 the announced investments were not concretised, and the forecasted industrial park was no longer planned to be set-up in operation. [3]

New Zealand

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.[4] In the New Zealand solid waste disposal sector, BCWM NZ has the largest market share, at 31 percent.[5] Till date, BCG's investment in BCWM NZ is the single largest Chinese direct investment in New Zealand.[6] 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.[7]

References
  1. Beijing Capital Group website
  2. China Daily article 10 July 2013, accessed 28 December 2015
  3. LeMonde.fr - In Châteauroux, the Sino-European hub has fizzled out (in French)
  4. New Zealand Overseas Investment Office .
  5. Beijing Capital Group website
  6. Overseas Investment Office .
  7. Jamie Gray, business reporter New Zealand Herald
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