Is there any business that would make more money than real estate in China at a time when the entire nation seems to be fretting over the unbridled growth in house prices?

The answer, to Addy Zhang, founder of developer Innorich International, is to raise pigs.

Innorich, together with a subsidiary of CIIC Group and Weinan municipal government, plans to build the Yellow River International Food Industrial Park where more than 3 million swine will be slaughtered annually and organic pork production will reach 230,000 tons. The total investment in this project will hit $1 billion, with 31 percent coming from enterprises, 19 percent from the local government and the remaining 50 percent from overseas sources.