EXHIBIT 10.1

               LOAN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA,
             XUCHANG BRANCH AND HENAN ZHONGPIN FOOD SHARE CO., LTD.

             The Agricultural Bank of China provided eight (8) loans in the
aggregate amount of RMB 28,700,000.00 to Henan Zhongpin Food Share Co., Ltd.
(the "Borrower") to be used by the Borrower as its working capital, with
interest rates ranging from 3% to 8.7048% per annum and a term of one year from
the date of the agreements. The loan agreements were entered into between
November 9, 2004 and September 30, 2005, and all the loans that have matured
under the original terms have been extended.