Tien Chu Ve-Tsin Chemical Limited () is a Chinese manufacturer of honey by-products, food chemicals and additives including

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or MSG. Founded in

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in 1921, the firm also had operations in

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(established in 1937). Wu Zhifan became CEO of Tien Chu Ve-Tsin. Following the establishment of the

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, Tien Chu Ve-Tsin became a state owned enterprise. It is currently owned by

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. The Hong Kong unit became Tien Chu Ve-Tsin Chemical Limited of Hong Kong in the 1950s, but it reunited with the mainland parent firm in 1981. The factory was located in Tokwawan,

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. Tien Chu was awarded a gold prize at the

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. Tien Chu products are now found overseas in Chinese supermarkets and sold in plastic bags or blue and gold tins. The Tokwawan location closed and demolished in 1999 to make way for Sky Tower residential block. Rival and larger MSG maker is

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. Ajinomoto began 12 years before (1909) Tien Chu with offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

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