The 15-year partnership between CDH and WH witnessed the transformation of a local state-owned enterprise in Luohe to a Fortune Global 500 conglomerate. In 2007, CDH acquired controlling stake in Shuanghui, which became a milestone deal in the China buyout history. In 2013, CDH enabled the Smithfield acquisition by Shuanghui, and transformed Shuanghui from “largest in China” to “ largest in the world and Fortune Global 500”. This US$7.1 billion buyout was the largest overseas acquisition by a Chinese private enterprise, and marked the beginning of CDH’s buyout initiatives. Underpinned by CDH’s global resources and expertise, the acquisition received CFIUS approval in 3 months. In August 2013, WH Group, which comprises of Smithfield and Shuanghui, completed its IPO on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange. To date, WH Group has become one of the FMCG Global 50, and is the largest one among five Chinese companies in the list.

Belle International Corporation (“Belle“) had built a profound mutual trust with CDH in the past 17 years and together they realized real “value through time”. CDH has the honor to accompany and assist Belle through the whole path from a shoe leader to a retail empire, and then start a new growth. CDH made its first investment in Belle in 2005, then it assisted Belle to complete its IPO in Hong Kong in 2007. In 2013, Belle and CDH joined hands to acquire another brand called Baroque. Then, as the Belle’s longest partner, CDH became the preferred partner for Belle Hong Kong privatization and successfully completed the MBO with management team and other investors within 3 months in 2017, 12 years after its first investment in Belle. CDH, with its forward-looking prediction of the trend and efficient execution, ensured that the privatization of Belle was completed at the best time. In 2019, Belle split its sports segment “Topsports” and it went public separately. As of today, under the leadership of its founder, Topsports has become the world's second largest sports retailer and Belle has finished the transformation from traditional retail production to all-chain digitization mode and become the excelling representative of Chinese retail industry transformation.

In 2011, the global economy hit the bottom and the home appliance industry grew sluggishly. It was widely believed that the home appliance industry had utterly farewelled the era of the high-growth pace. However, at this time, CDH team identified a historical investment opportunity—Midea. Firstly, its management’s strategy, capabilities, and continuously reform-oriented entrepreneurial spirit are second to none in the industry. Secondly, the sinking of Midea’s sales channels and the rise of e-commerce has stimulated the potential of huge market demand. After invested in Midea in 2011, CDH played an active role in its development and supported Midea to complete a series of platform integration and strategic organizational transformation. In 2013, Midea group successfully completed its IPO. Fang Hongbo's appointment as Chairman of the Group makes Midea，a private-holding company， a exemplary excellence of corporate governance inherited by the management team.  By helping Midea to go through the cycle, complete the intergenerational inheritance and step into a higher level of development, CDH has become an important partner of Midea in the capital market.

The partnership between CDH and Joyoung is underpinned by long-term companionship and trust, expertise and decisiveness, as well as synergy and strategic execution. In 2007, CDH invested in Joyoung. After Joyoung’s IPO, CDH continued to work closely with Joyoung. In 2017, CDH partnered with Joyoung’s controlling shareholder, to acquire SharkNinja. This large-scale and highly structured cross border buyout was executed swiftly and smoothly, which demonstrates CDH’s robust portfolio ecosystem and unparalleled expertise in cross border buyout. In early 2019, the two parties built an offshore platform, JS Global Lifestyle, which controls SharkNinja and Joyoung, and was subsequently listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in the same year.  Through the SharkNinja acquisition and organic integration with Joyoung, JS Global Lifestyle has become the leading small home appliance company worldwide, with substantial market shares in key markets such as China, US, UK, Japan and Continental Europe. CDH is proud to be part of this symbolic success of China enterprise’s “Go Global” initiatives.

To bring continuous growth to the enterprise is the most essential value creation: After CDH invested in China Grand Enterprise (CGE) in 2014, CDH screened out high-quality M&A targets such as Beijing Jiuhe Pharmaceutical and assisted CGE with the acquisition of Beijing Jiuhe Pharmaceutical in 2015. Within two years after the deal, it contributed around 70% of the growth of CGE. In 2018, CDH and CGE acquired Sirtex (an Australian global life science company) and overcame multiple obstacles. In 2022, CDH helped CGE launch its globally interventional radiation therapy for malignant liver tumors -- the innovative product yttrium [90Y] successfully entered domestic hospitals, bringing great hope to the Chinese patients. Under the golden "PE + industry leader" model, CDH has played an important role in setting up her comprehensive healthcare platform. Through these high-quality mergers and acquisitions, CGE achieved an overall improvement of its product lines and performance,  and formed four stable and growth-oriented business segments. CGE’s net profit increased from 180 million Hong Kong dollars in 2014 to 2,403 million Hong Kong dollars in 2021, indicating 14-21 CAGR 45%, its market value also increased from 2.6 billion Hong Kong dollars to 14.7 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Mobileworld revolutionized the Vietnamese retail landscape, pioneering the chained, modern store format in Vietnam. CDH was the sole, first non-Vietnam focused investor in Mobileworld in 2013. The investment was proprietary and developed over years, leveraging prior sector experience in China (Digitone). Two years later, Mobileworld was successfully listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange. From a few stores in 2004, Mobileworld built an empire of ~5,000 stores across all 63 provinces of Vietnam, converting millions from shopping at traditional kiosks into modern-day consumers. It successfully transferred its expertise from phone retailing to electronics, grocery, pharmacy, and others – growing in valuation from $ 100 million in 2013 to $ 4 billion in 2022. CDH earned the respect of the local and regional PE community as one of the earliest international investors recognizing Vietnam as a viable PE market and backing a high-potential target with a large investment. IPO’ing and Exiting the company at a strong return helped establish CDH’s name as a key player in Vietnam.