CHINA Yurun Food Group Ltd, the country's biggest hog processor, said full-year profit rose 79 percent as it raised prices and increased sales.

Net income climbed to HK$859 million (US$110 million), or HK$0.582 a share, from HK$481 million, or HK$0.331 a year earlier, the company said yesterday in a statement to Hong Kong's stock exchange. Sales rose to HK$8.6 billion from HK$4.6 billion, Nanjing-based Yurun Food said.