State-owned enterprises of China


This is a list of state-owned enterprises of China. A state-owned enterprise is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government. Their legal status varies from being a part of government to stock companies with a state as a regular or dominant stockholder. There is no standard definition of a government-owned corporation or state-owned enterprise, although the two terms are often used interchangeably. The defining characteristics are that they have a distinct legal shape and they are established to operate in commercial affairs. While they may also have public policy objectives, SOEs should be differentiated from other forms of government agencies or state entities that are established to pursue purely non-financial objectives. The role of the Communist Party of China in SOEs has varied at different periods but has increased during the rule of Party general secretary Xi Jinping, with the Party formally taking a commanding role in all SOEs as of 2020.

State Council (Central Government)

[China Investment Corporation]

SASAC currently oversees 97 centrally owned companies. Companies directly supervised by SASAC are continuously reduced through mergers according to the state-owned enterprise restructuring plan with the number of SASAC companies down from over 150 in 2008.

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Education

Anhui Province

Wuhan City

Ningbo City