[Explanation] On July 16, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the economic operation of central enterprises in the first half of 2021.
Peng Huagang, secretary-general and spokesperson of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, introduced that in the first half of the year, central enterprises achieved a cumulative net profit of 1023.21 billion yuan, breaking the half-year trillion mark for the first time.
[Concurrent] Peng Huagang, Secretary-General of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council
In the first half of the year, central SOEs achieved a cumulative net profit of 1023.21 billion yuan, breaking through the half-year trillion mark for the first time, an increase of 133.3% year-on-year and a year-on-year increase of 45.4% year-on-year compared to 2019. The two-year average growth rate was 20.6%.
In June, central SOEs achieved a net profit of 244.62 billion yuan, an increase of 54.3% over June 2019. Both the cumulative net profit and the monthly net profit hit a record high.
In the first half of the year, central enterprises achieved a total operating income of 17.1 trillion (yuan), a year-on-year increase of 28.2%, an increase of 18.2% over the same period in 2019, and an average increase of 8.7% over the two years.
In June, the central enterprises achieved operating income of 3.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 23.3% over June 2019.
[Explanation] The national carbon market was officially launched on the 16th. When talking about the work done by central enterprises in the construction of the carbon market, Peng Huagang pointed out that central enterprises are very active in establishing rules, establishing markets, and participating in carbon trading. of.
[Concurrent] Peng Huagang, Secretary-General of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council
At present, some of our central enterprises have established professional institutions for carbon asset management, carried out carbon emission statistics, accounting, and inventory work, and actively participated in carbon emissions trading.
Central enterprises in key industries such as energy and steel have also invested in (shares) carbon trading institutions in Beijing, Shanghai, Hubei and other places.
In the whole process, the central enterprises are very active, whether it is from the establishment of rules, the establishment of the market, to participation in carbon trading.
[Commentary] Peng Huagang introduced that since the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the industry that has been most affected by central SOEs is the air transport industry.
In 2020, the three central air transport companies lost nearly 30 billion yuan.
However, as China's economy and society return to normal operations, 2021 will be significantly better than the same period in 2020.
[Concurrent] Peng Huagang, Secretary-General of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council
In the first half of this year, the total air transportation turnover of our three central air transportation companies increased by 38.8%, passenger transportation increased by 63.1%, cargo and mail transportation increased by 25.2%, and the main business volume has returned to the same period in 2019. It is also recovering.
In the first half of the year, the total operating income increased by nearly 30% year-on-year. Although the net profit was at a loss, the loss was significantly reduced by more than 15 billion over the same period last year.
Dong Zeyu reports from Beijing
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]