In August 2025, Mainland Group’s sunflower oil processing plant in Tanzania produced its first batch of finished sunflower oil, officially completing the Group’s edible oil processing industrial chain.

The Tanzania sunflower oil processing plant project of Mainland Group Agro Process Tanzania Co. Ltd. is one of the Group’s key overseas projects, with a total investment of USD 40 million. 

 Located in the Sarato District, Dodoma, the plant covers a land area of 162,000 square meters. It is equipped with high-efficiency pressing, refining and leaching equipment, dust-free constant-temperature filling workshops and automated bottling production lines. It is also equipped with 40,000-cubic-meter silos, three 2,000-ton oil storage tanks, six 500-ton oil storage tanks, and a 40,000-square-meter standardized logistics warehouse complex. The plant was put into operation in July 2025 and can process 35,000 tons of sunflower oil per year and produce 70,000 tons of sunflower meal (cake) for animal feed. 

As a core component of Mainland’s global industrial chain, the Tanzania sunflower oil plant also serves as a vivid model for China-Africa agricultural cooperation. Combining China’s technical and management strengths with local agricultural resources, the project applies an innovative Sino-Tanzanian joint management model to raise local farmers’ incomes and build a sustainable foundation for industrial development. As a Hunan-rooted enterprise expanding overseas, Mainland Group continues to deepen bilateral industrial linkages. It works hand-in-hand with local partners to realize shared industrial development and win-win outcomes for people’s livelihoods.