Churin and Qiulin

Ivan Yakovlevich Churin (1833 - 1895), the founder of Churin & Co,

Churin & Co. (SSE: 600891 [delisted]) is the largest department store in Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, China. Established in 1867, the company has a history of over 150 years. The company invented Hongchang sausages in 1909, a staple in the local Russian-influenced cuisine.[1]

The then state-owned Churin was broken into two when the retail part (and the stock code) was privatized in 2004, forming the Churin Group (Chinese: 秋林集团; pinyin: Qiūlín Jítuán). The food industry part was subsequently privatized as Qiulin Lidaosi (Chinese: 秋林里道斯; pinyin: Qiūlín Lidaosi; more etymologically Churin-Litovsk) in 2007. The two descendants have been in conflict since 2011, when Churin Group expelled Qiulin Lidaosi products from its stores and formed its own food manufactory.[2][3]

  1. ^ 胡英男 (29 September 2011). "Bǎinián hā'ěrbīn hóng cháng fāzhǎn shǐ" 百年哈尔滨红肠发展史 [Development History of Harbin Red Sausage]. www.my399.com. 哈尔滨新闻网. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  2. ^ 秋林里道斯再度声明:秋林集团与我司无关 [Qiulin Lidaosi reiterates that the company is not connected to the Churin Group]. 16 March 2021.
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