-- COFCO Joycome Foods (HKG:1610) unit Wuhan COFCO Meat Product and associate COFCO, as joint entrusting parties, entered into a technology development contract with Huazhong Agricultural University, according to a Tuesday Hong Kong bourse filing.
Under the contract that began April 1, 2026, and will end April 1, 2029, Huazhong Agricultural University will carry out technology R&D related to hog breeding for the entrusting parties for 60 million yuan.
The intellectual property rights of any R&D results under the project will be owned 25% each by Wuhan COFCO Meat Product and COFCO, and 50% by the university.
COFCO owns COFCO (Hong Kong), which is a substantial shareholder of COFCO Joycome Foods.