"The renaming of our corporate brand to WH Group reflects the increasingly global reach of our operations, which combine the largest pork production companies in China and the United States and cater to consumers globally," says Wan Long, group chairman and chief executive officer. "It also symbolizes our ambition to be a world-leading company known for food products that meet best-in-class standards of quality, nutrition and safety." WH Group is the controlling shareholder of Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co. Ltd., China's largest meat processing business, and owns Smithfield Foods, Inc., a Smithfield, Va.-based pork processor and hog producer. Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development and Smithfield will retain their respective brand names and their consumer-facing brands.