
Nationwide presence, with focus on tier 2 and 3 cities
Currently, our products are sold in stores nationwide throughout China, except in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan. Prior to distribution, we route our products to our Feihe Dairy and Langfang Feihe for final packaging. Feihe Dairy then distributes our finished products primarily in northeastern China, including Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning Provinces, and Langfang Feihe distributes our finished products throughout the rest of China. We have a distribution team based in our corporate headquarters that coordinates with a network of over 450 dealers or representatives in key provinces across China. The dealers, in turn, each typically hire one or two secondary agents who assist in the distribution process, including inventory management, product sales, customer service and payments. Dealer agents display and sell our products in specially designated areas in stores. In addition, in 2008 we began distributing our raw milk powder to beverage manufacturers and other wholesalers for use in their blended drink products.
Generally, we deliver our products only after receipt of payment from the dealer. We typically enter into new agreements with our dealers each year that specify sales targets and territories, among other provisions. We seek to expand the number of key provinces served by our dealer network as part of our growth strategy and ultimately to establish a distribution system based upon local production at local dairies. We currently distribute our products to 29 provinces in China including all tier 1 cities excluding Shanghai and to over 95,000 retail outlets.