China News Service, August 3. Recently, the latest Fortune Global 500 list was released.
The combined operating income of the Fortune Global 500 companies this year is about US$37.8 trillion, a sharp increase of 19.2% over the previous year (the largest increase in the history of the list), equivalent to two-fifths of the global GDP that year, Close to the combined GDP of China and the United States.
The threshold for entry into the leaderboard (minimum sales revenue) also jumped from $24 billion to $28.6 billion.
At the same time, the combined net profit of all the companies on the list this year was about US$3.1 trillion, a sharp increase of 88% year-on-year, the largest increase since 2004.
Figure from Fortune Chinese Network
Walmart was the world's largest company for the ninth year in a row, Amazon rose to No. 2 and China's State Grid Corporation came in at No. 3.
PetroChina and Sinopec ranked fourth and fifth respectively.
Volkswagen (No. 8) overtook Toyota (No. 13) to regain the title of "world's largest automaker".
This year, the number of companies in mainland China (including Hong Kong) reached 136.
Including Taiwanese companies, China has a total of 145 companies on the list, and the number of large companies continues to rank first among countries.
For comparison, the United States has a total of 124 companies on the list this year.
At the same time, the average operating income of companies in mainland China (including Hong Kong) reached US$80.98 billion, a significant increase compared to their own figures last year; in addition, the average total assets of US$358 billion and the average net assets of US$43.18 billion were both higher than the average of the Fortune 500. Level.
(Zhongxin Finance)