Jiantao Group Co., Ltd. established its first factory to produce copper-clad panels in 1988. Since its development, it has more than 60 branches, and its business scope has evolved from copper-clad panels to various fields of printed circuit boards, chemical products, and domestic real estate. The Group continuously invests in plants and production facilities, with excellent management teams and vertical production strategies, effectively manages resources, and enjoys the cost advantages brought by the expansion of production capacity, thereby expanding the Group's market share. Jiantao is the world's largest manufacturer of copper-clad panels, the largest printed circuit board manufacturer in China, and one of the leading suppliers of chemical products in China. The Group has also successfully developed the domestic real estate business in recent years, forming a more diversified business development portfolio. Jiantao Group was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1993, and its subsidiary Jiantao Copper Foil Group Co., Ltd. was successfully spun off and listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange in December 1999. As part of a strategic expansion plan, the Group also successfully acquired Elianda International Group Co., Ltd. in November 2004. In 2006, the Group successfully spun off its copper-clad panel business, and Jiantao Laminate was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange motherboard. The Group and CNOOC Chemical's joint venture natural gas methanol project in Hainan Island was successfully put into operation in December 2006. Today, Jiantao has around 50,000 employees and is a multinational enterprise with an annual turnover of over HK$30 billion. The Group was selected as one of the top 2000 listed companies in the world by Forbes magazine for 2 consecutive years in May 2011, and selected as one of the top 100 technology companies by Bloomberg Businessweek in May 2010.