Jardine Matheson was founded in China as a trading company in 1832. Today it is a diversified business group focused principally on Asia. Its businesses comprise a combination of cash generating activities and long-term property assets.Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd was incorporated on 9 April 1984 in Bermuda under a scheme of arrangement whereby all shares in Jardine Matheson & Co Ltd (Hong Kong) then in issue were cancelled and shareholders received shares in the Company on the basis of one share in the Company for each Jardine Matheson & Co share held.The Jardine Matheson Group's interests include Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors, Hongkong Land, Dairy Farm, Mandarin Oriental, Jardine Cycle & Carriage and Astra International. These companies are active in the fields of motor vehicles and related operations, property investment and development, food retailing, home furnishings, engineering and construction, transport services, restaurants, luxury hotels, financial services, heavy equipment, mining and agribusiness. As at 3rd September 2019, Jardine Strategic's attributable interest in the Company was 58 percent while in turn the Company's attributable interest in Jardine Strategic was 85 percent.