Few years later, the brothers decided to split their company and to branch it into other projects. Liu Yonghao renamed his company into the New Hope Group, which currently is considered to be China’s largest agricultural business enterprise that specializes in producing eggs, meat and dairy products. Reportedly, the New Hope Group have been negotiating with the Blackstone Group for the purchase of Inghams Enterprises, an Italian poultry company. In an interview with the Financial Times, Liu claimed that he was making his efforts on developing agricultural co-operative to help farmers in expanding their farms, and for now, his company had helped more than 100 farms. Additionally, Younghao serves as the Vice-Chairman at China Minsheng Bank, and holds 7% of the shares.