China National Township Enterprises Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "CNTEC") was established in 1980, the original registered capital invested by the state is RMB 360 million at present. CNTEC was originally started as a directly subordinate enterprise of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (formerly Ministry of Agriculture), and incorporated into the China National Agricultural Development Group Co., Ltd. in 1999, with the consent of the formerly State Economic and Trade Commission, which is the one of the core enterprises in the trade sector. CNTEC is headquartered in Beijing and has a subsidiary in Tianjin.
CNTEC has obtained the foreign trade right since 1995 and it has been deeply engaged in the trade market for more than 2 decades. The company has been aligning to the national strategy and making contributions to the overall development of the country. The company committed to providing more high-quality, richer and safer imported products for the domestic market and it imports more than 200 kinds of products from more than 80 countries on the six continents of the world. The company has grown into an agricultural international trade company, focusing on seafood, agricultural products and feed raw materials. The scale of some products ranked at the forefront in China, the brand of “CNTEC” has gained highly praise and trust by domestic and foreign customers. In 2021, CNTEC received the letters of praise and thanks from the Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce and the Foreign Economic Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and gained great praise and recognition in overcoming the COVID-19 and actively expanding imports.
CNTEC has awarded the Grade “A” procurement agency of government, authorized by the Ministry of Finance since 2006, and the major task is providing services for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, scientific research institutes, colleges and universities, including the whole process agency of bidding, import, tax reduction and exemption, and undertaking the bidding procurement agency business of high-tech instruments and equipment, various management service systems and other products and services. In 2021, CNTEC was awarded the title of "Industry Pioneer" by China Tendering and Bidding Association.
After more than 40 years of development, CNTEC is always adhere to the spirit of “integrity, pragmatism, thrift and innovation”. It has developed into a diversified central enterprise with international trade as its core business and concurrently engaged in bidding procurement agency and other businesses. CNTEC has established a good corporate image in the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Looking forward to the future, CNTEC will continue to develop the main business and always remember the core values of "dedication and integrity, responsibility and achievement, solidarity and striving, pursuit of excellence", optimize the industrial structure, adjust the business scale, promote to achieve high-quality development of the company and make greater contributions to promoting the stability and quality of national foreign trade.