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Yangzijiang buys 25% stake in tech investment firm

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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding continues to make moves in the financial space with an eye towards getting into new technology, announcing the acquisition of a 25% stake in investment firm Jiangsu Sushang Joint Industry Investment Partnership for RMB700m ($110.4m).

The investment in the six-year-old company is being made through its Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding unit, Yangzijiang said in a stock market announcement.

It elaborated that the core businesses of Sushang are related to those of equity fund and convertible bonds investments in industries such as new materials, electronic components, intelligent hardware, Internet, big data, artificial intelligence, financial technology and high-end manufacturing, among others.