Quanjian Group Explained

Quanjian Group Co., Ltd. is a Chinese herbal medicine company based in Tianjin. The group is the parent company of Quanjian Nature Medicine Technology Development Co., Ltd. for about 75.36% stake.

In January 2019, law enforcement from Tianjin, arrested the owner of Quanjian Group as well as other people, accusing them for illegal multi-level marketing (multi-level marketing is illegal in Mainland China, but direct selling is not) and false advertisement on the product of Quanjian.^[1]

Football

The group was the ultimate parent company of Tianjin Quanjian F.C., which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Quanjian Nature Medicine.^[2] The Chinese Football Association also rejected Jiangsu Fengdong Thermal Technology, a listed associate company of Quanjian Group, to sponsor Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli F.C. in January 2016.^[3]

Quanjian Group is the parent company of Dalian Quanjian F.C., which the group owned 80% stake of the women football club.^[4]

Notes and References

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http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/cla/2015-12-02/488420.html. zh:关于天津松江足球俱乐部有限公司主要股权转让并更名为天津权健足球俱乐部有限公司的公示. 2 December 2015. 6 August 2018. The Chinese Football Association. zh-cn. https://web.archive.org/web/20180806115426/http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/cla/2015-12-02/488420.html. 6 August 2018. dead.
http://www.fa.org.cn/bulletin/cla/2016-02-04/492179.html. zh:天津权健足球俱乐部和江苏盐城鼎立足球俱乐部的官方声明 . 28 January 2016. 6 August 2018. Jiangsu Yancheng Dingli F.C., Tianjin Quanjian F.C.. zh-cn. Chinese FA website.
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