Revenue and profit of China's top 500 companies doubled, and R&D intensity hit a new high

  CCTV news (news broadcast): Today (September 25), the top 500 Chinese companies were announced in Changchun, Jilin, with State Grid, PetroChina and Sinopec in the top three.

The list shows that the scale of the top 500 Chinese companies in 2021 will grow against the trend, achieving a total operating income of 89.83 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.43% over the previous year; total profits reached 6.0 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.75% over the previous year.

At the same time, the industrial structure of the top 500 Chinese companies in 2021 will continue to be optimized.

Among the top 500, the number of manufacturing enterprises reached 249, an increase of 11 compared with the previous year, and the number of strategic emerging industry enterprises and modern service industry enterprises increased by 8 and 6 respectively.

  The list shows that the R&D investment of the top 500 Chinese companies in 2021 will continue to increase, accounting for about 64% of the national R&D investment of enterprises, and the R&D intensity has also increased to 1.77%, a record high.