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The Group is one of the leading integrated cement producers in the Central |
| Yangtze River Region (which includes the provinces of Jiangxi and Hubei) |
| and a major integrated cement producer in the Sichuan Region (which
comprises |
| Sichuan province), in terms of production volume according to the China
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Cement Association.
The Group¡¯s integrated operations range from the |
| excavation of principal raw materials, to the production, sale and distribution |
| of clinker and
different types of cement and RMC products through a well |
| established
road and riverway public infrastructure transportation network to its principal markets. |
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| The Group¡¯s cement and RMC products are sold in the provinces of Jiangxi, |
| Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Anhui and Fujian, and in Shanghai municipality |
| under the brand name "Ñó·¿ÅÆ(skyscraper)" which is recognised as a high-quality |
| cement product. Jiangxi Yadong, a principal subsidiary of the Group has been |
| designated as one of the sixty large cement producers by the National |
| Development and Reform Commission of the PRC. |