A world of difference

220802 A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE TOP 10 CHINESE COMPANIES IN FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 What a difference a decade makes. When China joined the WTO in December 2011, volumes with many of its trading partners were only a fraction of what they are now. Other indicators, like foreign direct investment, overseas investment and companies in the global league have all soared, propelling China from the sixth-biggest economy in 2001 to the second-biggest last year Revenue in $ billion / Ranking in parentheses 2001 COFCO (414) $12.517 China Construc- tion Bank (411) 12.615 China Mobile (336) 15.045 NATIONAL GDP PERCAPITA GDP GROWTH OF GDP Trillion Yuan 29.524 Percent change Sinochem (276) 18.035 23.708 25.575 Bank of China (251) 19.495 40.12 127 166229 40 34.05 3140 26.58 20.169 China Telecom (228) Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (213) 12 113 20.812 16.500 101 10.4 30 96 91. 22.069 14.185 12.336 21.63 15ood 91 130915 10.97 12.03 13 59 15 99 18.49 10 O 20 China Petroleum (83) 41.683 8622 9.398 10542 State Power Corporation (77) 42.548 so00 2001 2002 2003 2004 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Sinopec (68) 45.346 2010 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 102545 China Railway Group Limited (137 50.704 Last available data 2009 China as a global player, has assets in strategic places around the world. China's influence has been growing steadily throughout the years and there is no sign that the country will slow down its desicive march 49916 4157 5459 4526 China Railway Construction (133) 2676 3059 52.044 HONG KONG Norway Sweden Finland The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China is a separate customs China Life (118) 57.019 31278 21233 China Construction Bank" (116) 58.361 77460 10872 17519 Unit: $ million Hon Hai Precision (112) Industrial & Commercial Bank of China" (87) 5847 59.324 territory and a big chunk óf the mainland's trade is conducted through transhipment. KEY 85720 China's exports China's imports 69.295 Belgium 7487 5024 China Mobile (77) 71.749 17675 Russia 53670 1131 China National Petroleum (10) 5122 4225 ano0Poland Czech 59.324 United Kingdom Ireland 2377 State Grid (8) 184.496 Netherlands Germany 6886 Denmark 21460 2658 1428 3404 2176 Sinopec" (7) 187.518 Canada UNITED STATES The United States is China's largest trading partner. Trade between the world's biggest and second-biggest economies has been soaring despite disputes over protectionism and subsidies. China's exports are mainly manufactured goods while imports are commercial aircraft, high-tech equipment and agricultural products. Ukraine Switzerland 12996 Austria *indicates companies that appeared in the Top 10 lists both in 2001 and 2010 Kazakhstan 20243 14063 433 Hungary Romania CHINESE COMPANIES IN FORTUNE 500 Mongolia 1570 351 Uzbekistan 8334 Number of Chinese companies listed in Fortune Global 500 (2001-2010) France 1761 216 Greece 1222 2 185 Portugal Spain 3310 13300 Tajikistan CHINA 293 DPR Korea Irag 29656 2001 12 1526 Republic of Korea 23571 Japan United States 2129 376 7 108 E1 3501 1543 Israel Tunisia 5528 Morocco 4181 5108 112 Kuwait 1260 947 2002 13 12206 737 Egypt 1850 246 475 211 872 1382 13727 Algeria Libya 8977 Pakistan Масао. Hong Kong. China Oatar Taiwan. 98 574 18632 China China 11948 2254 592 101 Dom. Republic 5411 4441 2003 80 140 Myanmar Bangladesh Mexico Saudi Arabia Oman 377 375 Laos 1168 1238 149 65 1705 30052 13286 4748 43 116 5476 Republic of 2595 Philippines 2004 16 Chad Sudan Burkina Faso 896 United Arab Emirates Cambodia Vietnam 538 Costa Rica 244. 103 Trinidad and Tobago 215 Ethiopia Nigeria 17804 Venezuela 1534 * 80 Ghana 140 282 Brunei 505 63 2005 18 2396 Thailand 1560 28277 Cate d'Ivoire Sri Lanka 32336 1004 763 358 1055 155 718 1276 231 20 30 1736 320 1154 Congo DR Kenya Ecuador Eq. Guinea Gabon 367 2006 23 528 358 Paoua New Guinea 14119 914 196 Singapore 14721 13668 4451 14677 Tanzania 2007 30 1285 153 Zambia 20642 Brazil Indonesia Angola 2008 35 156 141 339 177 Zimbawe Mozambique Madagascar 395 55 242 852 Mauritania Malaysia 56 133 265 279 New Caledonia Namibia 2009 43 7366 8712 Australia 820 734 Uruguay 2010 54 4928 2085 2478 3483 4312 South Africa Chile Argentina CHINA'S RANKING IN THE WORLD'S ECONOMY CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE $bilion EXPORTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CHINA $ billion CHINA'S OVERSEAS DIRECT INVESTMENT $ billion IMPORTS RANKING 114.734 108.312 68.81 • 2 3 3 3 55.91 56.53 94.065 83.521 266.10 325.6 438.23 593.32 761.95 968.94 1217.78 1430.69 120161 1577.93 243.55 295.17 412.76 561.23 659.95 79146 955.95 1132.56 1005.92 1394.83 72.406 72715 26.51 5 21.16 60.63 12.26 53.505 6.9 6 6. 2.7 2.85 5.5 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: Ministry Or Commerce. National Bureau of Statistics. China Daily Researches GUILLERMO MUNRO/ BRIDGET O'DONNELL/CHINA DAILY 00000 220802 A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE TOP 10 CHINESE COMPANIES IN FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 What a difference a decade makes. When China joined the WTO in December 2011, volumes with many of its trading partners were only a fraction of what they are now. Other indicators, like foreign direct investment, overseas investment and companies in the global league have all soared, propelling China from the sixth-biggest economy in 2001 to the second-biggest last year Revenue in $ billion / Ranking in parentheses 2001 COFCO (414) $12.517 China Construc- tion Bank (411) 12.615 China Mobile (336) 15.045 NATIONAL GDP PERCAPITA GDP GROWTH OF GDP Trillion Yuan 29.524 Percent change Sinochem (276) 18.035 23.708 25.575 Bank of China (251) 19.495 40.12 127 166229 40 34.05 3140 26.58 20.169 China Telecom (228) Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (213) 12 113 20.812 16.500 101 10.4 30 96 91. 22.069 14.185 12.336 21.63 15ood 91 130915 10.97 12.03 13 59 15 99 18.49 10 O 20 China Petroleum (83) 41.683 8622 9.398 10542 State Power Corporation (77) 42.548 so00 2001 2002 2003 2004 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Sinopec (68) 45.346 2010 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 102545 China Railway Group Limited (137 50.704 Last available data 2009 China as a global player, has assets in strategic places around the world. China's influence has been growing steadily throughout the years and there is no sign that the country will slow down its desicive march 49916 4157 5459 4526 China Railway Construction (133) 2676 3059 52.044 HONG KONG Norway Sweden Finland The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China is a separate customs China Life (118) 57.019 31278 21233 China Construction Bank" (116) 58.361 77460 10872 17519 Unit: $ million Hon Hai Precision (112) Industrial & Commercial Bank of China" (87) 5847 59.324 territory and a big chunk óf the mainland's trade is conducted through transhipment. KEY 85720 China's exports China's imports 69.295 Belgium 7487 5024 China Mobile (77) 71.749 17675 Russia 53670 1131 China National Petroleum (10) 5122 4225 ano0Poland Czech 59.324 United Kingdom Ireland 2377 State Grid (8) 184.496 Netherlands Germany 6886 Denmark 21460 2658 1428 3404 2176 Sinopec" (7) 187.518 Canada UNITED STATES The United States is China's largest trading partner. Trade between the world's biggest and second-biggest economies has been soaring despite disputes over protectionism and subsidies. China's exports are mainly manufactured goods while imports are commercial aircraft, high-tech equipment and agricultural products. Ukraine Switzerland 12996 Austria *indicates companies that appeared in the Top 10 lists both in 2001 and 2010 Kazakhstan 20243 14063 433 Hungary Romania CHINESE COMPANIES IN FORTUNE 500 Mongolia 1570 351 Uzbekistan 8334 Number of Chinese companies listed in Fortune Global 500 (2001-2010) France 1761 216 Greece 1222 2 185 Portugal Spain 3310 13300 Tajikistan CHINA 293 DPR Korea Irag 29656 2001 12 1526 Republic of Korea 23571 Japan United States 2129 376 7 108 E1 3501 1543 Israel Tunisia 5528 Morocco 4181 5108 112 Kuwait 1260 947 2002 13 12206 737 Egypt 1850 246 475 211 872 1382 13727 Algeria Libya 8977 Pakistan Масао. Hong Kong. China Oatar Taiwan. 98 574 18632 China China 11948 2254 592 101 Dom. Republic 5411 4441 2003 80 140 Myanmar Bangladesh Mexico Saudi Arabia Oman 377 375 Laos 1168 1238 149 65 1705 30052 13286 4748 43 116 5476 Republic of 2595 Philippines 2004 16 Chad Sudan Burkina Faso 896 United Arab Emirates Cambodia Vietnam 538 Costa Rica 244. 103 Trinidad and Tobago 215 Ethiopia Nigeria 17804 Venezuela 1534 * 80 Ghana 140 282 Brunei 505 63 2005 18 2396 Thailand 1560 28277 Cate d'Ivoire Sri Lanka 32336 1004 763 358 1055 155 718 1276 231 20 30 1736 320 1154 Congo DR Kenya Ecuador Eq. Guinea Gabon 367 2006 23 528 358 Paoua New Guinea 14119 914 196 Singapore 14721 13668 4451 14677 Tanzania 2007 30 1285 153 Zambia 20642 Brazil Indonesia Angola 2008 35 156 141 339 177 Zimbawe Mozambique Madagascar 395 55 242 852 Mauritania Malaysia 56 133 265 279 New Caledonia Namibia 2009 43 7366 8712 Australia 820 734 Uruguay 2010 54 4928 2085 2478 3483 4312 South Africa Chile Argentina CHINA'S RANKING IN THE WORLD'S ECONOMY CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE $bilion EXPORTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CHINA $ billion CHINA'S OVERSEAS DIRECT INVESTMENT $ billion IMPORTS RANKING 114.734 108.312 68.81 • 2 3 3 3 55.91 56.53 94.065 83.521 266.10 325.6 438.23 593.32 761.95 968.94 1217.78 1430.69 120161 1577.93 243.55 295.17 412.76 561.23 659.95 79146 955.95 1132.56 1005.92 1394.83 72.406 72715 26.51 5 21.16 60.63 12.26 53.505 6.9 6 6. 2.7 2.85 5.5 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: Ministry Or Commerce. National Bureau of Statistics. China Daily Researches GUILLERMO MUNRO/ BRIDGET O'DONNELL/CHINA DAILY 00000 220802 A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE TOP 10 CHINESE COMPANIES IN FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 What a difference a decade makes. When China joined the WTO in December 2011, volumes with many of its trading partners were only a fraction of what they are now. Other indicators, like foreign direct investment, overseas investment and companies in the global league have all soared, propelling China from the sixth-biggest economy in 2001 to the second-biggest last year Revenue in $ billion / Ranking in parentheses 2001 COFCO (414) $12.517 China Construc- tion Bank (411) 12.615 China Mobile (336) 15.045 NATIONAL GDP PERCAPITA GDP GROWTH OF GDP Trillion Yuan 29.524 Percent change Sinochem (276) 18.035 23.708 25.575 Bank of China (251) 19.495 40.12 127 166229 40 34.05 3140 26.58 20.169 China Telecom (228) Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (213) 12 113 20.812 16.500 101 10.4 30 96 91. 22.069 14.185 12.336 21.63 15ood 91 130915 10.97 12.03 13 59 15 99 18.49 10 O 20 China Petroleum (83) 41.683 8622 9.398 10542 State Power Corporation (77) 42.548 so00 2001 2002 2003 2004 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Sinopec (68) 45.346 2010 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 102545 China Railway Group Limited (137 50.704 Last available data 2009 China as a global player, has assets in strategic places around the world. China's influence has been growing steadily throughout the years and there is no sign that the country will slow down its desicive march 49916 4157 5459 4526 China Railway Construction (133) 2676 3059 52.044 HONG KONG Norway Sweden Finland The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China is a separate customs China Life (118) 57.019 31278 21233 China Construction Bank" (116) 58.361 77460 10872 17519 Unit: $ million Hon Hai Precision (112) Industrial & Commercial Bank of China" (87) 5847 59.324 territory and a big chunk óf the mainland's trade is conducted through transhipment. KEY 85720 China's exports China's imports 69.295 Belgium 7487 5024 China Mobile (77) 71.749 17675 Russia 53670 1131 China National Petroleum (10) 5122 4225 ano0Poland Czech 59.324 United Kingdom Ireland 2377 State Grid (8) 184.496 Netherlands Germany 6886 Denmark 21460 2658 1428 3404 2176 Sinopec" (7) 187.518 Canada UNITED STATES The United States is China's largest trading partner. Trade between the world's biggest and second-biggest economies has been soaring despite disputes over protectionism and subsidies. China's exports are mainly manufactured goods while imports are commercial aircraft, high-tech equipment and agricultural products. Ukraine Switzerland 12996 Austria *indicates companies that appeared in the Top 10 lists both in 2001 and 2010 Kazakhstan 20243 14063 433 Hungary Romania CHINESE COMPANIES IN FORTUNE 500 Mongolia 1570 351 Uzbekistan 8334 Number of Chinese companies listed in Fortune Global 500 (2001-2010) France 1761 216 Greece 1222 2 185 Portugal Spain 3310 13300 Tajikistan CHINA 293 DPR Korea Irag 29656 2001 12 1526 Republic of Korea 23571 Japan United States 2129 376 7 108 E1 3501 1543 Israel Tunisia 5528 Morocco 4181 5108 112 Kuwait 1260 947 2002 13 12206 737 Egypt 1850 246 475 211 872 1382 13727 Algeria Libya 8977 Pakistan Масао. Hong Kong. China Oatar Taiwan. 98 574 18632 China China 11948 2254 592 101 Dom. Republic 5411 4441 2003 80 140 Myanmar Bangladesh Mexico Saudi Arabia Oman 377 375 Laos 1168 1238 149 65 1705 30052 13286 4748 43 116 5476 Republic of 2595 Philippines 2004 16 Chad Sudan Burkina Faso 896 United Arab Emirates Cambodia Vietnam 538 Costa Rica 244. 103 Trinidad and Tobago 215 Ethiopia Nigeria 17804 Venezuela 1534 * 80 Ghana 140 282 Brunei 505 63 2005 18 2396 Thailand 1560 28277 Cate d'Ivoire Sri Lanka 32336 1004 763 358 1055 155 718 1276 231 20 30 1736 320 1154 Congo DR Kenya Ecuador Eq. Guinea Gabon 367 2006 23 528 358 Paoua New Guinea 14119 914 196 Singapore 14721 13668 4451 14677 Tanzania 2007 30 1285 153 Zambia 20642 Brazil Indonesia Angola 2008 35 156 141 339 177 Zimbawe Mozambique Madagascar 395 55 242 852 Mauritania Malaysia 56 133 265 279 New Caledonia Namibia 2009 43 7366 8712 Australia 820 734 Uruguay 2010 54 4928 2085 2478 3483 4312 South Africa Chile Argentina CHINA'S RANKING IN THE WORLD'S ECONOMY CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE $bilion EXPORTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CHINA $ billion CHINA'S OVERSEAS DIRECT INVESTMENT $ billion IMPORTS RANKING 114.734 108.312 68.81 • 2 3 3 3 55.91 56.53 94.065 83.521 266.10 325.6 438.23 593.32 761.95 968.94 1217.78 1430.69 120161 1577.93 243.55 295.17 412.76 561.23 659.95 79146 955.95 1132.56 1005.92 1394.83 72.406 72715 26.51 5 21.16 60.63 12.26 53.505 6.9 6 6. 2.7 2.85 5.5 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: Ministry Or Commerce. National Bureau of Statistics. China Daily Researches GUILLERMO MUNRO/ BRIDGET O'DONNELL/CHINA DAILY 00000 220802 A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE TOP 10 CHINESE COMPANIES IN FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 What a difference a decade makes. When China joined the WTO in December 2011, volumes with many of its trading partners were only a fraction of what they are now. Other indicators, like foreign direct investment, overseas investment and companies in the global league have all soared, propelling China from the sixth-biggest economy in 2001 to the second-biggest last year Revenue in $ billion / Ranking in parentheses 2001 COFCO (414) $12.517 China Construc- tion Bank (411) 12.615 China Mobile (336) 15.045 NATIONAL GDP PERCAPITA GDP GROWTH OF GDP Trillion Yuan 29.524 Percent change Sinochem (276) 18.035 23.708 25.575 Bank of China (251) 19.495 40.12 127 166229 40 34.05 3140 26.58 20.169 China Telecom (228) Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (213) 12 113 20.812 16.500 101 10.4 30 96 91. 22.069 14.185 12.336 21.63 15ood 91 130915 10.97 12.03 13 59 15 99 18.49 10 O 20 China Petroleum (83) 41.683 8622 9.398 10542 State Power Corporation (77) 42.548 so00 2001 2002 2003 2004 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Sinopec (68) 45.346 2010 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 102545 China Railway Group Limited (137 50.704 Last available data 2009 China as a global player, has assets in strategic places around the world. China's influence has been growing steadily throughout the years and there is no sign that the country will slow down its desicive march 49916 4157 5459 4526 China Railway Construction (133) 2676 3059 52.044 HONG KONG Norway Sweden Finland The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China is a separate customs China Life (118) 57.019 31278 21233 China Construction Bank" (116) 58.361 77460 10872 17519 Unit: $ million Hon Hai Precision (112) Industrial & Commercial Bank of China" (87) 5847 59.324 territory and a big chunk óf the mainland's trade is conducted through transhipment. KEY 85720 China's exports China's imports 69.295 Belgium 7487 5024 China Mobile (77) 71.749 17675 Russia 53670 1131 China National Petroleum (10) 5122 4225 ano0Poland Czech 59.324 United Kingdom Ireland 2377 State Grid (8) 184.496 Netherlands Germany 6886 Denmark 21460 2658 1428 3404 2176 Sinopec" (7) 187.518 Canada UNITED STATES The United States is China's largest trading partner. Trade between the world's biggest and second-biggest economies has been soaring despite disputes over protectionism and subsidies. China's exports are mainly manufactured goods while imports are commercial aircraft, high-tech equipment and agricultural products. Ukraine Switzerland 12996 Austria *indicates companies that appeared in the Top 10 lists both in 2001 and 2010 Kazakhstan 20243 14063 433 Hungary Romania CHINESE COMPANIES IN FORTUNE 500 Mongolia 1570 351 Uzbekistan 8334 Number of Chinese companies listed in Fortune Global 500 (2001-2010) France 1761 216 Greece 1222 2 185 Portugal Spain 3310 13300 Tajikistan CHINA 293 DPR Korea Irag 29656 2001 12 1526 Republic of Korea 23571 Japan United States 2129 376 7 108 E1 3501 1543 Israel Tunisia 5528 Morocco 4181 5108 112 Kuwait 1260 947 2002 13 12206 737 Egypt 1850 246 475 211 872 1382 13727 Algeria Libya 8977 Pakistan Масао. Hong Kong. China Oatar Taiwan. 98 574 18632 China China 11948 2254 592 101 Dom. Republic 5411 4441 2003 80 140 Myanmar Bangladesh Mexico Saudi Arabia Oman 377 375 Laos 1168 1238 149 65 1705 30052 13286 4748 43 116 5476 Republic of 2595 Philippines 2004 16 Chad Sudan Burkina Faso 896 United Arab Emirates Cambodia Vietnam 538 Costa Rica 244. 103 Trinidad and Tobago 215 Ethiopia Nigeria 17804 Venezuela 1534 * 80 Ghana 140 282 Brunei 505 63 2005 18 2396 Thailand 1560 28277 Cate d'Ivoire Sri Lanka 32336 1004 763 358 1055 155 718 1276 231 20 30 1736 320 1154 Congo DR Kenya Ecuador Eq. Guinea Gabon 367 2006 23 528 358 Paoua New Guinea 14119 914 196 Singapore 14721 13668 4451 14677 Tanzania 2007 30 1285 153 Zambia 20642 Brazil Indonesia Angola 2008 35 156 141 339 177 Zimbawe Mozambique Madagascar 395 55 242 852 Mauritania Malaysia 56 133 265 279 New Caledonia Namibia 2009 43 7366 8712 Australia 820 734 Uruguay 2010 54 4928 2085 2478 3483 4312 South Africa Chile Argentina CHINA'S RANKING IN THE WORLD'S ECONOMY CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE $bilion EXPORTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CHINA $ billion CHINA'S OVERSEAS DIRECT INVESTMENT $ billion IMPORTS RANKING 114.734 108.312 68.81 • 2 3 3 3 55.91 56.53 94.065 83.521 266.10 325.6 438.23 593.32 761.95 968.94 1217.78 1430.69 120161 1577.93 243.55 295.17 412.76 561.23 659.95 79146 955.95 1132.56 1005.92 1394.83 72.406 72715 26.51 5 21.16 60.63 12.26 53.505 6.9 6 6. 2.7 2.85 5.5 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: Ministry Or Commerce. National Bureau of Statistics. China Daily Researches GUILLERMO MUNRO/ BRIDGET O'DONNELL/CHINA DAILY 00000 220802 A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE TOP 10 CHINESE COMPANIES IN FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 What a difference a decade makes. When China joined the WTO in December 2011, volumes with many of its trading partners were only a fraction of what they are now. Other indicators, like foreign direct investment, overseas investment and companies in the global league have all soared, propelling China from the sixth-biggest economy in 2001 to the second-biggest last year Revenue in $ billion / Ranking in parentheses 2001 COFCO (414) $12.517 China Construc- tion Bank (411) 12.615 China Mobile (336) 15.045 NATIONAL GDP PERCAPITA GDP GROWTH OF GDP Trillion Yuan 29.524 Percent change Sinochem (276) 18.035 23.708 25.575 Bank of China (251) 19.495 40.12 127 166229 40 34.05 3140 26.58 20.169 China Telecom (228) Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (213) 12 113 20.812 16.500 101 10.4 30 96 91. 22.069 14.185 12.336 21.63 15ood 91 130915 10.97 12.03 13 59 15 99 18.49 10 O 20 China Petroleum (83) 41.683 8622 9.398 10542 State Power Corporation (77) 42.548 so00 2001 2002 2003 2004 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Sinopec (68) 45.346 2010 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 102545 China Railway Group Limited (137 50.704 Last available data 2009 China as a global player, has assets in strategic places around the world. China's influence has been growing steadily throughout the years and there is no sign that the country will slow down its desicive march 49916 4157 5459 4526 China Railway Construction (133) 2676 3059 52.044 HONG KONG Norway Sweden Finland The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China is a separate customs China Life (118) 57.019 31278 21233 China Construction Bank" (116) 58.361 77460 10872 17519 Unit: $ million Hon Hai Precision (112) Industrial & Commercial Bank of China" (87) 5847 59.324 territory and a big chunk óf the mainland's trade is conducted through transhipment. KEY 85720 China's exports China's imports 69.295 Belgium 7487 5024 China Mobile (77) 71.749 17675 Russia 53670 1131 China National Petroleum (10) 5122 4225 ano0Poland Czech 59.324 United Kingdom Ireland 2377 State Grid (8) 184.496 Netherlands Germany 6886 Denmark 21460 2658 1428 3404 2176 Sinopec" (7) 187.518 Canada UNITED STATES The United States is China's largest trading partner. Trade between the world's biggest and second-biggest economies has been soaring despite disputes over protectionism and subsidies. China's exports are mainly manufactured goods while imports are commercial aircraft, high-tech equipment and agricultural products. Ukraine Switzerland 12996 Austria *indicates companies that appeared in the Top 10 lists both in 2001 and 2010 Kazakhstan 20243 14063 433 Hungary Romania CHINESE COMPANIES IN FORTUNE 500 Mongolia 1570 351 Uzbekistan 8334 Number of Chinese companies listed in Fortune Global 500 (2001-2010) France 1761 216 Greece 1222 2 185 Portugal Spain 3310 13300 Tajikistan CHINA 293 DPR Korea Irag 29656 2001 12 1526 Republic of Korea 23571 Japan United States 2129 376 7 108 E1 3501 1543 Israel Tunisia 5528 Morocco 4181 5108 112 Kuwait 1260 947 2002 13 12206 737 Egypt 1850 246 475 211 872 1382 13727 Algeria Libya 8977 Pakistan Масао. Hong Kong. China Oatar Taiwan. 98 574 18632 China China 11948 2254 592 101 Dom. Republic 5411 4441 2003 80 140 Myanmar Bangladesh Mexico Saudi Arabia Oman 377 375 Laos 1168 1238 149 65 1705 30052 13286 4748 43 116 5476 Republic of 2595 Philippines 2004 16 Chad Sudan Burkina Faso 896 United Arab Emirates Cambodia Vietnam 538 Costa Rica 244. 103 Trinidad and Tobago 215 Ethiopia Nigeria 17804 Venezuela 1534 * 80 Ghana 140 282 Brunei 505 63 2005 18 2396 Thailand 1560 28277 Cate d'Ivoire Sri Lanka 32336 1004 763 358 1055 155 718 1276 231 20 30 1736 320 1154 Congo DR Kenya Ecuador Eq. Guinea Gabon 367 2006 23 528 358 Paoua New Guinea 14119 914 196 Singapore 14721 13668 4451 14677 Tanzania 2007 30 1285 153 Zambia 20642 Brazil Indonesia Angola 2008 35 156 141 339 177 Zimbawe Mozambique Madagascar 395 55 242 852 Mauritania Malaysia 56 133 265 279 New Caledonia Namibia 2009 43 7366 8712 Australia 820 734 Uruguay 2010 54 4928 2085 2478 3483 4312 South Africa Chile Argentina CHINA'S RANKING IN THE WORLD'S ECONOMY CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE $bilion EXPORTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CHINA $ billion CHINA'S OVERSEAS DIRECT INVESTMENT $ billion IMPORTS RANKING 114.734 108.312 68.81 • 2 3 3 3 55.91 56.53 94.065 83.521 266.10 325.6 438.23 593.32 761.95 968.94 1217.78 1430.69 120161 1577.93 243.55 295.17 412.76 561.23 659.95 79146 955.95 1132.56 1005.92 1394.83 72.406 72715 26.51 5 21.16 60.63 12.26 53.505 6.9 6 6. 2.7 2.85 5.5 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: Ministry Or Commerce. National Bureau of Statistics. China Daily Researches GUILLERMO MUNRO/ BRIDGET O'DONNELL/CHINA DAILY 00000