SkyPeople Fruit Juice Signed A Letter Of Intent With Liaoning Government For Fruit And Vegetable Processing Project

SkyPeople Fruit Juice Signed A Letter of Intent with Liaoning Government for Fruit and Vegetable Processing Project

SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPU) (together with is direct and indirect subsidiaries, "SkyPeople" or the "Company"), a processor and manufacturer of kiwifruit, apple, pear and other concentrated specialty fruit juices and manufacturer of Hedetang and Qin Mei Duo-branded fruit beverages in the People's Republic of China ("PRC" or "China"), today announced that it signed a Letter of Intent with the People's Government of Suizhong County, Liaoning Province, to establish a fruit and vegetable industry chain and further processing demonstration zone in Suizhong County, Liaoning Province (the "Suizhong project"). The Suizhong project is one of the projects promoted by Liaoning government in its efforts to further develop the agricultural product processing industry in Liaoning.

The Suizhong project may include one or more of the following: the construction and operation of fruit juice production lines, vegetable and fruit flash freeze facility, refrigeration storage facility and warehouse, a world class food safety testing center, fruit and vegetable modern supply chain and e-commerce platform, fruit and vegetable finished products processing center and exhibition center, etc. The implementation of the project is subject to further feasibility study, including environmental study, government approval of the project (based on the feasibility study), successful bid to obtain land required for the project, the Company's ability to fund the project based on the size and scope of the project as determined though the feasibility study and the entry into definitive agreements among the parties involved in the projects.

Upon entry into the letter of intent, the Company intends to conduct a detailed and comprehensive feasibility study of the Suizhou project with a qualified independent project appraiser. The scope of the Suizhong project and the investment amount are subject to change based on the feasibility study. Upon successful completion of the feasibility study and assuming the Company is satisfied with the result of the feasibility study, the Company intends to submit the feasibility study and a detailed project proposal to the relevant government authorities for approval. If the government approves the Company's project proposal, the parties will proceed with negotiation of the detailed terms of the project and the implementation of the Suizhou project is subject to the parties' entry into definitive agreements for the project. The Company currently expects that it will take three to six months to complete the feasibility study, the detailed project proposal and to obtain the government's decision on the project.

The Company entered into the letter of intent with Suizhong County, Liaoning Province as a result of attending a summit on industrialization of agriculture in the Liaoning Province. The Company was invited by the People's Government of Liaoning Province to attend the summit, which was organized by the Liaoning Provincial People's Government. The summit was attended by leading and/or well-known domestic and multi-national companies in the industry. The Governor and Vice Governor of Liaoning Province, 14 mayors and 44 county magistrates of Liaoning Province also attended the summit. The purpose of the summit was to implement Liaoning government's policies to promote the development of Liaoning's agricultural product processing industry and to facilitate local governments' cooperation with top domestic and international companies on various projects in this regard. According to a speech made by Mr. Huaming Zhao, the Vice Governor of Liaoning Province, Liaoning government has preferential policies to promote the agricultural product processing industry in the areas of public infrastructure construction and service provision, tax treatment and government loans, and will provide special funding to subsidize certain key projects. According to the Vice Governor, for certain agriculture product processing projects with a total capital expenditure beyond RMB 1 billion, the government may provide a subsidy of 10 % of the total capital expenditure.

Xue Yongke, Chairman & CEO of SkyPeople, said: "We are honored to be invited to attend the summit among other leading and/or well-known, solid participants in the agricultural industry and are very pleased to enter into the letter of intent with Suizhong County. We are very encouraged by the Liaoning government's initiatives in promoting agricultural product processing industry and its supporting policies. We are thankful to the Liaoning government's vote of confidence in our company. We believe that exploring the Suizhou project is consistent with our strategies and efforts in looking upstream and downstream of our core business for opportunities of development and market expansion."

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