作為致力于“營養(yǎng)、健康與幸福生活”的世界領(lǐng)先公司,雀巢在中國有著長久的歷史。早在1908年,雀巢就在上海開設(shè)了它在中國的第一家銷售辦事處,是最早進(jìn)入中國的領(lǐng)先國際公司之一。1990年,雀巢在中國大陸的第一家工廠在黑龍江雙城開始運(yùn)營,并進(jìn)行本地化生產(chǎn)。經(jīng)過近20年的發(fā)展,如今雀巢在大中華區(qū)運(yùn)營著二十一家工廠,在中國銷售的產(chǎn)品中有98%以上在中國境內(nèi)生產(chǎn)制造,這為13,000余名本地員工提供了富有競爭力的工作機(jī)會并大大促進(jìn)了當(dāng)?shù)亟?jīng)濟(jì)的發(fā)展與繁榮。雀巢在中國有諸多著名品牌,如“雀巢咖啡”、“雀巢成長奶粉”、“雀巢全脂奶粉”、“克寧”、“三花”、“力多精”、“能多健”、“能恩”、“紐純素”、“雀巢麥片”、“雀巢冰爽茶”、“美祿”、“寶路”、“奇巧”、“五羊”、“脆谷樂”、“纖怡”、“鷹嘜”、“雀巢牛奶公司”、“百福”、“普瑞納”、“雀巢優(yōu)活”、“雀巢深泉”、“美極”、“太太樂”和“豪吉”等。雀巢中國市場2008年銷售額143億元,是位于瑞士韋威的雀巢集團(tuán)的子公司。雀巢集團(tuán)是世界最大的食品和飲料公司,2008年全球銷售額為1,099億瑞士法郎。State?of?the?CompanyBeing?the?world?foremost?Nutrition,?Health?and?Wellness?company,?Nestlé?has?a?long-established?presence?in?China?since?it?opened?its?first?sales?office?in?Shanghai?in?1908.?Nestlé?was?one?of?the?first?leading?international?companies?to?enter?the?Chinese?market.?In?1990?the?company?already?started?its?local?production?by?establishing?its?first?factory?in?Shuangcheng,?Heilongjiang?Province,China.Today,?Nestlé?operates?21?factories?in?the?Greater?China?Region?and?employs?13,000?regular?employees.?98%?of?NESTLé?products?sold?in?Mainland?are?locally?manufactured.Well-known?Nestlé?brands?marketed?in?the?Greater?China?Region?include:?NESCAFé,?NESLAC,?NESPRAY,?KLIM,?CARNATION,LACTOGEN,?NESTOGEN,?NAN,?NUTREN,?NESVITA,?NESTEA,?MILO,?POLO,?KIT?KAT,?CRUNCH,?FIVE?RAMS,?CHEERIOS,?FITNESS,?EAGLE,?DAIRY?FARM,?PAK?FOOK,?PURINA,?NESTLé?PURE?LIFE,?NESTLé?DEEP?SPRING,?MAGGI,?TOTOLE,?HAOJI,?etc.?NESTLé?Greater?China?Region,?with?2008?sales?of?RMB14.3?billion,?is?part?of?NESTLé?S.A.?in?Vevey,?Switzerland?-?The?world's?largest?food?and?beverage?company?with?sales?of?CHF?109.9?billion.