Jan. 26, 2007 (China Knowledge) – China's State-owned enterprises (SOEs) made total profits of RMB 965 billion in 2006, said Li Rongrong, director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC).
The senior official, who released the figures at the national work conference on state-owned assets administration on Thursday, said that the sales volume of the 159 central SOEs under the direct supervision of SASAC made a profit of RMB 755 billion in 2006, a 18% year-on-year increase.
The 1,031 local SOEs overseen by provincial or municipal-level governments made a profit of RMB 210 billion, a 38% increase.