List of largest Chinese companies

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The headquarters of the electric utility company State Grid in Beijing. It was China's largest and the world's third-largest company by revenue in 2021, with annual revenues of over US$460 billion. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was both China and the world's largest company by assets in 2021, with over US$5.5 trillion in total assets. China State Grid Corporation of China Beijing 1310905.jpg
The headquarters of the electric utility company State Grid in Beijing. It was China's largest and the world's third-largest company by revenue in 2021, with annual revenues of over US$460 billion. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was both China and the world's largest company by assets in 2021, with over US$5.5 trillion in total assets.

This article lists the largest companies in China in terms of their revenue, net profit and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes . In 2022, Fortune's Global 500 list of the world's largest corporations included 145 Chinese companies in total. [1] Over the same year, Forbes reported that three of the world's ten largest public companies were Chinese, including the world's largest bank by total assets, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. [2] Many of China's largest companies are state-owned enterprises, due to the significant presence of the Chinese government in the national economy. [3]

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2022 Fortune Global 500 List

This list details the twenty five largest Chinese companies according to the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for their respective fiscal year ending on or before 31 March 2022. Also listed for each company are the location of its headquarters, their primary industry and their number of employees, in addition to ownership characteristics.

RankList RankNameHeadquartersRevenue (US$ Million)Profit (US$ Million)Assets (US$ Million)EmployeesIndustryOwnership
13 State Grid Corporation of China Beijing 460,616.97,137.8735,429.9871,145 Electric power industry State-owned enterprise
24 China National Petroleum Corporation Beijing411,692.99,637.5660,007.61,090,345 Petroleum industry State-owned enterprise
35 Sinopec Beijing401,313.58,316.1380,674.7542,286Petroleum industryState-owned enterprise
49 China State Construction Engineering Beijing293,712.44,443.8378,351.8368,327 Construction State-owned enterprise
522 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Beijing209,000.454,003.15,536,969.3434,089 Commercial bank State-owned enterprise
724 China Construction Bank Beijing200,434.046,898.94,762,831.0375,531Commercial bankState-owned enterprise
525 Ping An Insurance Shenzhen 199,629.415,753.91,596,641.4355,982 Insurance Public company
828 Agricultural Bank of China Beijing181,411.737,390.84,576,306.3455,174Commercial bankState-owned enterprise
931 Sinochem Beijing172,260.3-197.7241,750.2220,760 Chemical industry State-owned enterprise
1034 China Railway Engineering Corporation Beijing166,452.11,853.2215,913.3310,817ConstructionState-owned enterprise
1139 China Railway Construction Corporation Beijing158,203.01,703.8213,451.8366,833ConstructionState-owned enterprise
1240 China Life Insurance Company Beijing157,095.33,087.1903,089.7182,646InsuranceState-owned enterprise
1342 Bank of China Beijing152,409.333,573.34,206,862.0306,322Commercial bankState-owned enterprise
1444 Baowu Shanghai 150,730.02,994.9175,860.5230,884 Steelmaking State-owned enterprise
1546 JD.com Beijing147,526.2-551.878,164.2385,357 E-commerce Public company
1655 Alibaba Group Hangzhou 132,935.79,700.5267,466.9254,941E-commercePublic company
1757 China Mobile Beijing131,913.414,628.9337,922.8451,331 Telecommunications State-owned enterprise
1858 China Minmetals Beijing131,800.4616.8158,043.5193,965 Metalworking State-owned enterprise
1960 China Communications Construction Company Beijing130,664.11,397.3353,172.3220,519ConstructionState-owned enterprise
2065 China National Offshore Oil Corporation Beijing126,920.19,183.4209,374.580,957Petroleum IndustryState-owned enterprise
2168 SAIC Motor Shanghai120,900.23,803.4144,349.5146,145 Automotive industry State-owned enterprise
2269 Shandong Energy Jinan 120,012.3173.7118,292.0243,124 Coal mining State-owned enterprise
2370 China Resources Shenzhen119,601.24,544.0318,179.7362,706 Conglomerate State-owned enterprise
2475 Hengli Group Suzhou 113,536.02,374.548,073.2121,430 Textile industry Privately held company
2576 Amer International Group Shenzhen112,049.22,010.733,632.622,398MetalworkingPrivately held company

2022 Forbes Global 2000 List

This list details the twenty five largest Chinese companies according to the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, assigning an equal weighting to revenue, profit, assets and market value. The figures are given in billions of US dollars and are for the trailing twelve months up to 22 April 2022. Also listed for each company are the location of its headquarters and their primary industry.

RankList RankNameHeadquartersRevenue
(billions
US$)
Profit
(billions
US$)
Assets
(billions
US$)
Market Value
(billions
US$)
Industry
12 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Beijing 208.1354.035,518.51214.43 Commercial bank
25 China Construction Bank Beijing202.0746.894,746.95181.32Commercial bank
38 Agricultural Bank of China Beijing181.4237.384,561.05133.38Commercial bank
413 Bank of China Beijing152.4333.574,192.84117.83Commercial bank
517 Ping An Insurance Shenzhen 181.3715.741,587.11121.69 Insurance
621 China National Petroleum Corporation Beijing380.3114.29392.60142.30 Petroleum industry
724 China Merchants Bank Shenzhen71.0718.581,451.20167.32Commercial bank
828 Tencent Shenzhen86.8634.94252.99414.28 Video game industry
930 Postal Savings Bank of China Beijing77.6111.331,975.08125.53Commercial bank
1033 Alibaba Group Hangzhou 129.7610.17276.25237.78 E-commerce
1145 Sinopec Beijing384.8211.04292.0580.81Petroleum industry
12p55 Industrial Bank (China) Fuzhou 60.5312.821,350.3268.59Commercial bank
1362 Bank of Communications Shanghai 76.0012.981,830.4052.82Commercial bank
1471 China Life Insurance Company Beijing130.507.87769.8843.02Insurance
15105 China State Construction Engineering Beijing205.795.87374.7236.91 Construction
16108 Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Shanghai54.778.471,247.9436.60Commercial bank
17137 China Shenhua Energy Beijing52.028.0095.8162.81 Coal mining
18149 China CITIC Bank Beijing56.998.631,261.9625.26Commercial bank
19190 China Poly Group Beijing42.944.25219.6532.81 Conglomerate
20194 China Telecom Beijing68.154.02121.1035.23 Telecommunications
21198 Vanke Shenzhen71.423.50304.1927.92 Real estate
22204 SAIC Motor Shanghai121.423.71133.9728.87 Automotive industry
23206 China Everbright Bank Beijing42.386.72926.0520.11Commercial bank
24208 China Pacific Insurance Company Shanghai68.074.16300.5222.69Insurance
25219 Midea Group Foshan 50.604.4058.2460.55 Home appliance

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Global 500". Fortune . 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Global 2000". Forbes . 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. "State-owned enterprises: Fixing China Inc". The Economist . 30 August 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.