Sanyuan, a Beijing-based dairy producer, announced on Saturday that it would not compete in the auction of other assets of Sanlu Group Co., the bankrupt Chinese dairy company at the center of the tainted-dairy scandal.

The announcement was available at the website of Shanghai Stock Exchange, citing a decision adopted by the board of the directors of Sanyuan on Friday.

The Beijing-based Sanyuan Group won a bid to buy Sanlu's core assets on March 4.

Hebei Jiahai Auction Co. Ltd. said on March 21 that it would hold another auction for Sanlu's six other assets on April 7.

(Xinhua News Agency April 5, 2009)