Central Plains Environment Protection Co Ltd

Zhongyuan Environmental Protection announced on September 27 that its wholly owned subsidiary Zhongyuan Environmental Protection Kaifeng Industrial Water Co., Ltd. plans to invest in the construction of the Henan Jinkai Group wastewater purification center expansion project, with a total project investment of approximately 41.0808 million yuan. The current sewage project treatment service unit price is 4.8 yuan per cubic meter. After the expansion project is completed and operations are merged, the sewage treatment service fee unit price will be uniformly adjusted to 4.85 yuan per cubic meter. On the same day, Zhongyuan Environmental Protection also announced plans to jointly establish the Henan Province buyout fund-of-funds with Henan State-owned Capital Operation Group Co., Ltd., Henan Innovation Investment Group Co., Ltd., China Pingmei Shenma Holding Group Co., Ltd. and other companies. The total fund size is 15 billion yuan, of which Zhongyuan Environmental Protection, as a limited partner, subscribes 9 percent of the fund size, with a subscribed amount of 1.35 billion yuan. The fund's first-phase paid-in capital is 3 billion yuan, and Zhongyuan Environmental Protection will pay in 270 million yuan from its own funds.