Kingenta

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Chinese listed new-type fertilizer group and provider of integrated crop-planting solutions.

Last updated October 9, 2026

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Overview

Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2010 (ticker 002470). It is described as a national high-tech enterprise, a national innovative enterprise and a national technological innovation demonstration enterprise. The group focuses on integrated pre-planting, mid-season and post-harvest crop-planting services and states it is transitioning from a new-type fertilizer manufacturer into a comprehensive agricultural company providing full-process planting management solutions and services. It operates 10 domestic production bases and overseas bases in Spain and the Netherlands, with total assets of over RMB 10 billion and more than 6,000 employees worldwide. Its research system includes the Kingenta Research Institute, two key laboratories, three national engineering centers and four overseas R&D centers in the United States, Germany, Japan and Israel. It produces a full plant-nutrition line including compound fertilizer, controlled-release fertilizer, nitro fertilizer, water-soluble fertilizer, liquid fertilizer, foliar fertilizer, biostimulants, microbial agents, plant growth regulators and soil conditioners.

History

Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998, when Wan Lianbu began the venture on uncultivated land. In March 2006 the group's first controlled-release fertilizer production line was completed and put into operation. In September 2007 construction began on the Heze company's 1.2 million-ton compound fertilizer project. In September 2010 the company was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (ticker 002470), with chairman Wan Lianbu striking the opening bell. In April 2016 Kingenta acquired the German company Compo GmbH, completing the transaction in July. In 2024, Guizhou Zhenglin Chemical Co., Ltd., wholly owned by the company, was established in Weng'an, Guizhou. In 2025, the company's first controlled-release fertilizer model factory in the Netherlands was completed and put into operation, and the company released a plan to share bio-based coated controlled-release fertilizer technology globally at the FAO's 13th Global Partners Assembly.

2025
In March, the company's “Functional Controlled-Release Fertilizer Development and Industrialization” project won a second prize for innovation achievements from the China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Promotion Association; in April, the company's first controlled-release fertilizer model factory in the Netherlands was completed and put into operation; in June, at the 13th Global Partners Plenary Meeting of the FAO, the company released a plan to share bio-based coated controlled-release fertilizer technology globally; in July, the company was invited to the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme “One Country One Product” global project launch workshop and presented a tailored plan; in October, Kingenta Group was invited to the FAO's 80th anniversary event and released a plan to share and promote core bio-based coated controlled-release fertilizer technology globally.
2024
In February, Kingenta Group was awarded the “2022 National Top Ten Influential Fertilizer Brands”; in March, the kick-off meeting for the “14th Five-Year Plan” national key R&D program project “Development and Industrialization of Green Controlled-Release and Stabilized Fertilizers,” in which Kingenta participates, was held at Shandong Agricultural University.
2023
In January, wholly owned subsidiary Guizhou Zhenglin Chemical Co., Ltd. was established in Weng'an, Guizhou; the company again passed the national technological innovation demonstration enterprise review; in February, its controlled-release fertilizer was recognized by the China National Intellectual Property Administration as a first batch patent-intensive product; in March, it won the 2023 China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Award and a second prize for innovation achievements; in April, its patent for polyphosphate calcium magnesium fertilizer obtained authorization from the United States Patent and Trademark Office; in June, a project jointly applied with Shandong Agricultural University won a second prize of the 2023 National Technological Invention Award; in July, projects won second prizes of the 2023 Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.
2022
In September, Kingenta won the 2022 national fertilizer commercial reserve project (nitrogen, phosphorus and compound fertilizers) totaling 150,000 tons; it ranked fourth in the agriculture group of the China Brand Value Industry List with a brand value of 3.731 billion yuan; and it again obtained Shandong provincial fertilizer commercial reserve qualification.
2016
In April, Kingenta acquired Germany's Compo GmbH, completing the transaction in July.
2010
In September, the company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (stock code 002470); Chairman Wan Lianbu rang the opening bell.
2007
In September, construction began on the Heze company's 1.2 million-ton compound fertilizer project.
2006
In March, Kingenta's first controlled-release fertilizer production line was completed and put into operation.
1998
Kingenta was founded; founder Wan Lianbu began the business on a patch of overgrown wasteland.

Products and positioning

Provider of integrated crop-planting solutions; global leader in controlled-release fertilizer.

Controlled-release fertilizer

Controversies

2022
Cumulative revenue inflated by RMB 23.073 billion; actual controller banned from the market for life
In 2022, the CSRC issued its final penalty over Kingenta's financial fraud, finding that from 2015 through the first half of 2018 the company had inflated cumulative revenue by RMB 23.073 billion through fictitious trades with no physical flow of goods, among other means. Those responsible were penalized, former actual controller Wan Lianbu was banned from the market for life, and investors' subsequent compensation claims were partially upheld by the courts.
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