Shounong Co., Ltd. is a state-controlled unlisted joint-stock company. The company's main business scope includes raising poultry and other animals, buying and selling breeding poultry, etc. Shounong Food Group (hereinafter referred to as Shounong Group) holds 45.3% shares of Shounong as its controlling shareholder. The actual controller of Shounong Group is Beijing SASAC.
Citic Agriculture is the third largest shareholder of Shounong, and official website of Citic Agriculture described Shounong as "one of the best animal breeding companies in China, with laying hens, Beijing ducks and other varieties leading the country".