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- SDIC Fengle Seed Co., Ltd. (000713.SZ) engages in the research, development, production and sale of seeds, agrochemicals and spices primarily in China, operating through three main segments including seeds, agrochemicals and spices; its core seed products encompass hybrid rice seeds, hybrid corn seeds, conventional water rice seeds, silage corn seeds, wheat seeds, rape seeds, watermelon and melon seeds, and vegetable seeds, while agrochemical offerings include pesticides, fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and seed coating agents with key technical products such as quizalofop-p-ethyl, nicosulfuron-methyl, tribenuron-methyl and fenoxaprop-p-ethyl for field crops weeding, pest control, growth protection and yield enhancement, and spice products feature natural mint series and synthetic cooling agents alongside fragrance products. Founded in 1984 as Hefei Seed Company and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 1997 as China's first seed industry listed entity headquartered at 6500 Changjiang West Road in Hefei, Anhui province, the company targets agricultural customers across China with a complete system for scientific research, production, processing, sales and services, and it holds honors as a national key leading enterprise in agricultural industrialization, high-tech enterprise and China Seed Industry Credit Star Enterprise. In recent developments, SDIC Seed Industry Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of State Development and Investment Group Co., Ltd., acquired a 20% stake in April 2024 to become the controlling shareholder with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council as actual controller following approval in March 2024; the company completed a share issuance to SDIC Seed Industry in November 2024 raising funds, changed its name from Hefei Fengle Seed Co., Ltd. to SDIC Fengle Seed Co., Ltd. in August 2025, secured Shenzhen Stock Exchange approval for private placement in 2025, and agreed in November 2025 to fully acquire two indirectly-owned subsidiaries.