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A state-owned enterprise of China (Chinese: 国有企业) is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government.
The legal statuses of SOEs in China varies greatly, from being a part of government to stock companies, with the state as a regular or controlling stockholder. There is no standard definition of a government-owned corporation (GOC) or state-owned enterprise (SOE), and 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.[citation needed]
As of 2017[update], China has more SOEs than any other country, and the most SOEs among large national companies.[1][page needed] As of the end of 2019, China's SOEs represented 4.5% of the global economy[2] and the total assets of all China's SOEs, including those operating in the financial sector, reached US$78.08 trillion.[3]
State-owned enterprises accounted for over 60% of China's market capitalization in 2019[4] and estimates suggest that they generated about 23-28% of China's GDP in 2017 and employ between 5% and 16% of the workforce.[5] Ninety-one (91) of these SOEs belong to the 2020 Fortune Global 500 companies.[6]
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