What is "shuanghui"

Shuanghui Group , or WH Group is a privately owned Chinese meat processing company headquartered in Luohe, Henan, China. Also known as Shineway Group in English-speaking countries, the company's businesses include hog raising, consumer meat products, flavoring products, and logistics. Owning Shuanghui Development and Smithfield Foods, it is the largest pork producer in the world, and the largest meat producer in China.

Shuanghui has 13 facilities that produce more than 2.7 million tons of meat per year. It slaughters more than 15 million pigs a year, but only raises about 400,000 – the rest are purchased from suppliers. It had revenue of US$6.24 billion in 2012. The company holds more than 500 patents and produces 1,000 different products.

Wan Long , nicknamed China's "number one butcher" because of the large number of pigs the company slaughters, is the chairman of Shuanghui. As of May 2013, Zhijun Yang is the managing director. The company employs over 60,000 people and is 30% employee owned.