Giants "competition", what signals the top 500 list releases
【Economy Interface】
After a few autumn rains, Beijing became cooler. Recently, autumn campus recruitment by many companies has started one after another. In the eyes of some job seekers, the top 500 in the world is an important "plus point."
Not long ago, the 2021 Fortune Global 500 list was released. 143 Chinese companies including State Grid, PetroChina, Sinopec, China Construction, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Mobile, JD, Alibaba, Tencent, Lenovo, and Xiaomi were on the list. . Why did these giants enter the world's top 500? What is the "true ability" of it? What are the future prospects? The reporter conducted an interview on this.
1. The performance is "bright", leading the world in certain fields
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This year’s top 500 list shows that there are 18 Chinese companies that are newly listed and re-listed, including China Shipbuilding, New Hope, Weichai Power, and China Resources Land. The Chinese companies listed in the 2021 Fortune Global 500 have not only expanded their numerical advantages, but also improved their business performance in horizontal comparison.
There are 7 Internet companies on the list this year, of which 4 are from China, namely JD.com, Alibaba, Tencent and Xiaomi, and their rankings have improved compared with last year.
Why are my country's Internet giants the largest number in the list?
Li Yongjian, a researcher at the Institute of Financial and Economic Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with this reporter that the number of Internet users in my country is large. Income will naturally be high.
my country’s policy of speeding up speed and reducing fees has released the potential consumption power of netizens; at the same time, my country has a large-scale domestic market.
These "dividends" have laid a good foundation for Internet companies to be included in the world's top 500 companies.
Li Yongjian believes that my country's Internet companies have formed a relatively complete industrial ecology.
For example, in addition to making mobile phones, Xiaomi also makes smart homes, etc.; JD is not only involved in e-commerce, but also health and logistics.
The same is true for companies such as Alibaba and Tencent.
A sound industrial ecology can allow it to maintain rapid growth.
Of course, judging from this year's list, it is not just Internet companies that are "bright".
"State Grid and other companies on the list have shown strong strength in terms of patent holdings." Li Yongjian said that my country has many advanced technologies and applications in UHV power transmission, high-speed rail and other fields, and its innovation capabilities are constantly improving.
Many companies have accumulated rich accumulation and have reached the forefront of the world in certain fields.
Qin Hailin, a researcher at the China Electronics Information Industry Development Research Institute, told reporters that since my country’s companies on the list surpassed the United States for the first time in 2019 and become the country with the most companies on the list, the number of companies in the world’s top 500 has continued to increase, and the level of business operations has continued to improve, leading the way. The advantages are further expanded.
In 2021, the average sales revenue, profit, sales rate of return, and return on net assets of my country's listed companies are higher than the average level of the world's top 500 companies.
"This has a lot to do with my country taking the lead in controlling the epidemic and resuming work and production." Qin Hailin said that during the epidemic last year, the global economic situation was not optimistic. China was the only major economy in the world that achieved positive economic growth.
Although my country's industrial supply chain has been impacted to a certain extent, the relatively complete industrial system and the huge potential domestic demand market have promoted the continuous recovery of the macro economy and the stable development of market entities.
Sheng Chaoxun, director and researcher of the Strategic Policy Office of the China Academy of Macroeconomics, said that since the beginning of this year, my country's economic operation has been steadily strengthened, steadily improving, and in line with expectations.
High-tech manufacturing and equipment manufacturing have grown rapidly, the structure of the manufacturing industry has been further optimized, investment has accelerated recovery, online retail and holiday travel consumption has grown rapidly, employment and prices have remained stable, creating good economic operating conditions for the recovery and development of enterprises.
"my country is vigorously developing the real economy, focusing on helping small and medium-sized enterprises to relieve their difficulties, stimulating the vitality of various enterprises, and enhancing the endogenous driving force of economic growth." Sheng Chaoxun said that my country adheres to the "two unshakable" and protects the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises. Reduce the production and operation costs of private enterprises, solve the financing problems of private enterprises, enhance the confidence of private entrepreneurs, expand the development space of private enterprises, and continue to improve the corporate development environment.
The positive signal of this year's list is not only a vivid portrayal of my country's economic stability, but also the best footnote to the high-quality development of Chinese enterprises.
2. There are still shortcomings, and you can't "tail up" due to large production capacity
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According to statistics, in the field of information and communication technology industry, 19 related companies in the United States have entered this year's list, while there are only 9 in China. At the same time, some people think that although some Chinese companies are on the list, they are not very competitive and lack innovative products and core components and software.
"Although my country has a large number of Fortune 500 companies, there are not many companies that can truly achieve the world's leading innovation capabilities. In some core technologies, key raw materials and equipment, we still have a big gap." Li Yongjian said , Even in some advantageous areas, the production capacity of relevant Chinese enterprises is very large, but some key parts and components still depend on imports.
Li Yong insisted that the reason why certain companies can enter the list is because they have reached the relevant threshold by relying on market advantages or capital advantages to some extent, and that key core technology innovations need to be further strengthened.
"Don't think that a company with a high market share is very powerful, let alone'tailing' because of its large capacity. It should be noted that we still have many shortcomings in terms of innovation and profitability," he said.
"The main evaluation criterion of the Fortune Global 500 is scale, but large scale does not mean strong competitiveness." Sheng Chaoxun told reporters that many Chinese companies will begin to diversify after a certain stage of development, and some are based on the vertical industry chain. Extension, some develop cross-border operations, enter new fields, and invest in real estate, hotels, and other industries unrelated to their main business.
This will help promote the large-scale development of enterprises and reduce market risks in a single field, but it will also cause problems such as insufficient innovation and "unspecialized, inadequate, and incomplete" industrial development, which is far behind the international leading companies.
Many companies are already aware of this problem.
The reporter found in interviews and surveys that some companies are accelerating their transformation into innovative companies, but they still face many pain points and difficulties.
"It is more difficult to make breakthroughs in key core technologies." Sheng Chaoxun said that at present, my country is in the stage of transforming from technology introduction, digestion, absorption and re-innovation to an independent innovation model. "The cost of learning and trial and error in independent innovation has risen significantly, leading to increased difficulty in technological innovation.
At the same time, there is a serious shortage of talents in the fields of artificial intelligence, chip design and manufacturing, biomedical research and development, and big data in my country. There are too many new high-tech projects, and the competition among enterprises has become more intense.
The domestic "first set" faces various market thresholds set by buyers, and the application of innovative products has encountered a "stuck neck" in the market.
In addition, Qin Hailin analyzed that, judging from the list, my country's construction, petrochemical, and non-ferrous metal industries are still heavily structured.
Compared with world-class enterprises, some Chinese enterprises still have low added value of products and services, incomplete performance of social responsibilities, limited international vision, weak participation in international rulemaking, lack of ability to develop international markets and global resource allocation, and prevent international Weak market risk capabilities and other issues.
3. Form an ecology, innovation is not "single fight"
【Case】
Mr. Zhou, who works in an Internet company in Beijing, is currently considering "changing jobs". He plans to submit his resume to JD.com and Alibaba. "These two companies have the aura of the world's top 500. I hope to enter one of them and experience the working atmosphere and status there. This will be of great help to my future development and growth. Of course, I also look forward to being able to Increase your salary and make more money." Mr. Zhou said.
"We have entered the era of digital economy. The development of Internet companies is expected in the future. At least three or five Internet companies will be able to enter the world's top 500 rankings." Li Yongjian said that in the future, Internet traffic dividends will basically disappear, and Internet companies will have to do more. Consider more innovation, strengthen theoretical research and key core technology research, and serve the real economy.
He said that innovation is not "single fight alone", but to form an ecology.
It is necessary to encourage Internet companies to deeply integrate with the real economy, and use their data capabilities and supply chain management capabilities to enhance the competitiveness and efficiency of the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises.
At the same time, it is necessary to establish a reasonable supervision system to guide Internet companies to operate in compliance with laws and regulations.
In fact, whether it is the Internet or other industries, if you want to maintain a good development trend, you must practice hard work. At the same time, it is also inseparable from a stable development environment and policy support.
"In the process of constructing a new development pattern with the domestic big cycle as the main body and the domestic and international double cycles mutually promoting each other, Chinese enterprises should make full use of the international and domestic markets and resources to promote innovation in production organization, technology and market. "Qin Hailin said that it is necessary to forge the long board to stabilize the advantageous industries; to make up for the short board, to speed up the resolution of the "stuck neck" problem, to actively participate in the formulation of international rules, to seize the opportunity of the re-layout of the global industrial chain, and to broaden the international perspective. Achieve high-quality development while opening to the outside world.
Qin Hailin said that it is necessary to encourage enterprises to explore and innovate bravely, and encourage enterprises to develop new technology applications, new product development and new market development through planning guidelines, financial support, pilot demonstrations, etc.; by accelerating public platform construction, industry-university-research docking, Various approaches such as research and development of common key technologies provide support and services for enterprise innovation; the protection of intellectual property rights must be strengthened to ensure the innovation behavior and innovation results of enterprises.
"It is necessary to speed up the cultivation of a large number of'specialized and special new' enterprises with outstanding main business and strong competitiveness, and create a batch of'single champions' that focus on market segmentation, excellent technology or service, and high market share, and form encouraging enterprises The social atmosphere of professional development." Sheng Chaoxun said, to encourage small, medium and micro enterprises to establish stable cooperative relations with large enterprises and leading enterprises through specialized division of labor, service outsourcing, and order production.
Sheng Chaoxun suggested that to improve innovation capabilities, it is necessary to establish a sound innovation investment incentive mechanism, increase investment in the field of scientific and technological innovation, optimize scientific research management services, and support scientific researchers to concentrate on overcoming technical difficulties.
It is necessary to expand the scale of enrollment in emerging fields that are in short supply, increase practical training, strengthen school-enterprise joint training, and improve policy guarantees for talent settlement, residence visas, and tax incentives.
It is necessary to improve the "first set" equipment market application full life cycle support mechanism, encourage upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain to jointly provide application scenarios for the "first set", and build a large-scale market application ecosystem for the "first set" and first batch of products.
(Reporter Liu Kun)
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【#What is the world top 500 company in your heart?#】
Not long ago, the 2021 Fortune Global 500 list was released, with 143 Chinese companies on the list.
What do you think is the "level" of the companies that are listed in the world's top 500?
Some netizens commented:
@外腐叶叶: The
top 500 companies should have many excellent talents, and they can learn a lot from them. The corporate atmosphere is very active and can provide a good platform and growth space.
@提香栗子:
Companies must not only innovate business models, but also innovate technology. They must grow together with their employees to become better and stronger!
@x烧烧君x: For the
top 500, I think it is necessary to have core technology and then assume some social responsibilities. It would be better if employee welfare is good.
@暖暖的珍珠:
Fortune 500 companies must embrace the ambition of technology first and industry first, and constantly create new corporate and social values, and continue to benefit the society and the country.
(Compiled by Liu Kun)