Companies
SananBio
a joint venture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Botany and Sanan Optoelectronics, its Anxi (Fujian) plant factory — commissioned June 2016, ~10,000 m² — uses LED spectra and full climate/nutrient automation to produce about 1.5 tons of vegetables a day, sold across 130+ retail terminals in Xiamen,…
- Country
- China
Commercial
Coverage
| CN | EU | US | |
|---|---|---|---|
| agri-tech-precision | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Verifiable facts
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Funding | 7 billion yuan (about 1.02 billion U.S. dollars) investment planned for plant factories | xinhuanet.com |
| Capacity | 1.8 tonnes of vegetables per day at the Anxi plant factory (as of June 2016) | sananbio.com.cn |
| Capacity | 1.5 tonnes of vegetables per day at the Anxi plant factory (as of May 2024) | english.news.cn |
| Certification | ISO22000 (food safety management system) and ISO9001 (quality management system) certifications; GAP Level 1 (Good Agricultural Practices) certification | sananbio.com.cn |
| Certification | organic certification for goldenseal (commercial plant factory product) as of July 2019 | sananbio.com.cn |
| Production site | Anxi plant factory (Hutou Town, Anxi County, Quanzhou, Fujian, China) | pitchhub.36kr.com · sananbio.com.cn |
| Headcount | over 150 researchers in the R&D team (as of 2020) | sananbio.com.cn |
| Headcount | varying estimates for corporate employees including 8 to 20 as of 2026 medium confidence | sananbios.com |
Independent sources: english.news.cn · pitchhub.36kr.com · xinhuanet.com
Technologies
| Name | Cluster | Risk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban & vertical farming | agri-tech-precision | High | → |
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