China National Salt Industry Corporation (Chinese: 中国盐业总公司; pinyin: Zhōngguó yán yè zǒng gōngsī), abbreviated as China Salt (Chinese: 中盐; pinyin: zhōng yán), is a state-owned enterprise of China which controls a monopoly over the management and production of edible salt. The company employs 48,476 workers, and controls assets worth 44.19 billion yuan (US $7 billion) as of 2011. China Salt's subsidiary, China National Salt Industry Co., Ltd. is a joint-stock company with limited liabilities, which would be the SPV to list most of the assets of the group on stock exchange.